You know, when you are injured or on the DL list for a while, it sometimes helps to find humor (or the silver lining) in the situation. I'm still sporting a sling and have to keep my left arm immobilized for a while. Sore & tender but better than Monday night. I have an appointment with an ortho specialist on Monday to tell me how long it will be but I am getting the sinking feeling that I may be sporting this rig for 3-4 weeks before I can spread my wings again. I don't have a good feeling about running the half marathon in 2 weeks. According to the marathon site rules, I could walk it if I can maintain a 13.45 pace for the first 9 miles. We'll see.
In the meantime, I've been having to explain my injury to several people and I find myself trying to make light of my accident, just to let them know I am doing alright. When my mother-in-law asked me today how I dislocated my shoulder, I told her that I ran into the sidewalk. I always felt that, running a marathon (or half marathon), I might hit the wall at some point. Just never imagined it would be the sidewalk. Point of order - if you ever have the pleasure of going to the emergency room, wear comfortable clothes/shoes and bring something to read (I was still wearing my running shorts/shirt/shoes).
4 comments:
I hope it's not as bad as you're expecting and you will be able to run the marathon.
The weather here seems to be the wall I'm hitting. I'm afraid if I keep tempting fate, all this snow and ice will have me running into a sidewalk too!
terri,
Take it from me, watch your step. I'm still planning to do the marathon, just not optimistic about running it.
13:45? I wonder who came up with that obscure pace.
Hopefully these next two weeks will help you gauge how ready you'll be. Too much bouncing around might not be good for the healing shoulder.
Thanks for the ER tip. Hopefully, I won't have to use it. My only trips to the ER were to have babies, and I don't remember what shoes I wore since I couldn't see them.
Oh yeah. A trip to the emergency room can last for HOURS. (sometimes it feels like DAYS!)
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