So after making the committment to Ironman Canada my body deciced to rebel. This past month I started having aches and pains in places I have never had aches and pains before,,,but last week everything got worse. I rode on my bike trainer for an hour and a half and my knees were aching for the rest of the day.... My knees never bother me unless I need new running shoes so this was not a new phenomenom. Two days later, I went out for a run and really felt awesome until mile two when my left hip really started bothering me. It felt like a charlie horse so I was sure I could just "run it out" so off I went down the road until mile 3 when I realized, "this is definately NOT a charlie horse. This is trouble." So here I am, 3 miles from home wondering how I am going to survive the 3 miles back. It was freezing of course, so walking wasn't an option and it hurt just as much to walk so I ran home all the while thinking, "seriously, what now??" In evaluating all of this, I realized that I did take a pretty good fall a while back and I didn't do anything about it. I am sure that is when all the trouble began. Everything was out of whack and I just kept running, biking and swimming without taking care of it. NOTE TO SELF: it is better to address one little pain right when it happens than wait and have to address several big pains. So, I am now in the hunt for the perfect Sports Medicine Doctor that can help get me back on track....and I am swimming way more than I want to be swimming.......
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