Sadly, the reality of training as hard and often as I do now, is that injuries happen. Thursday May 26, I was in Boulder, CO out on a run gearing up for the 33rd annual Memorial Day Bolder Boulder 10k when I got a sharp and sudden pain in my calf.
On Friday - I tried Acupuncture for the first time with Eric Meleney at Jade Mountain Health, what an experience! I don't like needles, so that it didn't hurt and actually helped relieve some of the tightness and pain was a pleasant surprise. Next, I saw Physical Therapist, Bob Cranny (
Altitude Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine), who works with triathlons' top athletes, including Chrissie Wellington, 3 time Ironman World Champion. What felt like a bad cramp turned out to be a small strain to the muscle and aggravation of an existing injury that never healed. His diagnosis requires about 10 days off from running and I had to drop out of the Bolder Boulder. Oh well, I'll get it next year! For now, I'll focus on my weaknesses - the swim and the bike.
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| PT Bob Cranny working on my strained calf - ouch! |
But I did go walk the Bolder Boulder Course - and got to see the race in a way I never do when I'm up front racing it. Walking the course I got to see the bands, the festivities, the kegs, the slip-n-slides, Popsicles, Doritos, marshmellows all over the road (it was sticky for nearly a half mile), the costumes, all the characters, and the cups! SO many water cups!
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| Stopping to hula-hoop along the Bolder Boulder course with some costumed runners |
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| Just a few water cups |
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