So February has been a frustrating month... My injury turned out to be Piriformis Syndrome which has seriously curtailed my training to pretty much non-existent. I've been doing physio stretching and strengthening exercises twice a day that are both painful and very very boring.
I've been banned from running and confined to the cross-trainer only, and only then when I am in no pain. To push it in any way and run/cross-train with pain risks permanent injury.
I was on the cross-trainer last Wednesday for 30 mins, and then was in pain for 6 days after so no exercise. I made it back on last night for 15 minutes on the lowest setting and managed a whopping 1.3 km. Disheartening doesn't even cover it. Especially when the Edinburgh Marathon are sending excitable "13 weeks to go!!" emails which are just stressing me out even more.
However, I am not in more pain today, and it's sitting at a steady niggle pain after last nights exertions (which were followed by a LOT of stretches and strengthening) so maybe I can continue on the cross trainer tomorrow night too, and try and desperately claw back some of the lost cardio fitness.
We always hear these stories of people overcoming all odds to run marathons when they have cancer, MS or any of a huge range of disabiliting illnesses. But what of those who get loads of sponsorship, and then can't do it on the day? At the moment I'm investigating doing a shorter leg, and asking my husband to be my back up in the event that I'm not able to come through this in time. When I asked the physio about it he drew me a recovery graph and explained about recovery; "we're talking months, if not years". I'm unlikely to know until much nearer to May if this is going to be doable for me at all.
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