Yesterday morning I was corralling the girls to go downstairs to finish getting ready. And like I do every morning, I scooped up M2 to carry her down.
Our two story house was never meant to be a two story house. It was meant to be a one story house with an attic. Somewhere in the past 100 years someone renovated it and changed it into living space. Well, it was technically living space but I’m not sure how anyone lived up there because the renovation was not done very well – there were four teeny tiny bedrooms (barely room for a bed) and no central heat or air. To be fair, there wasn’t central heat or air in the house at all but since it wasn’t insulated for living space it got sweltering up there – like unbelievably hot.
Although the very first thing we did when we bought the house was put in central heat & air, it took us a while to actually finish getting that space ready. And we’re still not done. We’ve changed four bedrooms into two and added a bathroom (that’s the part that is yet to be done). So we just lived in the downstairs and never went upstairs. Until about a year ago when we got the bedrooms done and we moved upstairs.
I never had to deal with having a toddler and a house with stairs. Especially stairs like ours. It’s an old house and these are attic stairs – very narrow and very steep. We’ve redone them so they aren’t as steep as the originals but still...
So I always carry M2 up the stairs and down. Or at least I did until yesterday morning. I swung her up on my hip like I always do, took a step down the stairs and absolutely froze in pain. I couldn’t hardly make it down and had to call for help – it hurt so bad! I think it was just the way I moved when I picked her up. Or the fact that she’s 31 pounds.
Either way, I’ve done something and it doesn’t feel good. It hurt yesterday but it really hurts today. I am especially concerned because I’ve gotten off track with my training and I pulled a new training schedule yesterday and I will have exactly enough time to be ready for the relay marathon. If I start today.
In the back of my mind I know I probably shouldn’t but I think I’m going to try to run anyway. I feel like I need to. I do not want to get out there and embarrass myself. Or disappoint myself. And I psyched myself up about it yesterday; I was reenergized and ready to go.
So I’m gonna try it…I may not be able to move afterwards but at least I would have gotten my run in, right?
3 comments:
Take it easy if you are in pain....I know that you want to get back on track, so go slow!
Definitely take it easy. Find some good stretches for whatever you hurt and do them several times a day. I injured my hip flexor about halfway through my 10 mile run and it still smarts from time to time. I have been doing some stretches though and that is seeming to help.
You can do this. Just take it slow and listen to your body. :)
Thanks ladies - I did take it easy. Tried to run and didn't get too far. Tonight is my short run night again and my back feels much better so I think I'm gonna make it!
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