I got up this morning and my abs were aching a little. i had planned on doing the club run later, but didn't know if my abs would last. I got up and ran 3 miles on the treadmill. the 1st mile was not so great, but next 2 were ok. so i decided that i was going to try the run.
Went to p.t. today, and had ultrasound, stimulation done on it ribs/abs. He told me that i could still do abs and other cardio - this is not something you tell a runner. I have to find a way to run. So he showed me how to wrap my ribs so they wouldn't bug (didn't help the abs but at least ribs were stabilzed.
I drove over the club run and showed up 7 min late. no one was there so i assumed i had missed them. thankfully clyde showed up, and i got to jump in with him. Even though he just ran a marathon, he pushed me to a solid pace. And may i mention that the freaking wind was blowing! again!
I was wearing the wrap, but right away my ribs and abs were not loving me (and it was way hard to breathe). By mile 6, i was ready to give it up for the day and let clyde go. i took the wrap off, and things started to feel a little better. so i ended up running up the trail til i found clyde coming back. i ended up getting 9 miles or so in (we didn't have garmins). felt like a 6:45 average or so. My abs were ok again, but started up about the last mile. Clyde had a good talk about our similar injury, so i'm hoping his advice will work for me.
I taught zumba tonight,and it was awful. i eeked my way through it and my abs were hurting till the ibuprofen kicked in. they are sore tonight, and i will not run tomorrow - maybe will try to hit up a spin class. I'm so frustrated right now! I've got to get this 20 miler in this weekend and don't know if my abs will hold out. I wasn't planning on tapering for race next week, but maybe i will so it will help my abs get better....again. | 