TOO much time to think...

I'm sure this happens to everyone once in awhile, but it seems like EVERYONE in my life except me, has a life. Lately I've felt like I'm losing touch with some of those people closest to me, and it's resulted in many a night alone watching movies in the evening.

Now, I won't make this a public pity party, but I'm sure this is partly due to the progress, or lack thereof, with my left leg. It has come up multiple times in the past few years, even while swimming. IT Band, Hamstring, Calf, Soleus etc. etc. etc. The list goes on. One I did forget until very recently was my partially torn Achilles when I was 12. I'm sure Linda (my physio at Brentwood Physiotherapy) will LOVE me when I tell her this... After forgetting to tell her for nearly 10 appointments.

Originally the pain was focused on the lower medial side of my knee cap and was identified as my Sartorius and some-other muscle (can't remember the name!). It was due to very inflexible hamstrings, and after LOTS of stretching and TONS of Yoga, I was back at it. 2 runs into my fresh start, my calf/ENTIRE lower left leg seized up. It felt like a combination of a calf strain, shin splint, and soleus tear all in one. To top it off, my foot was so restricted from movement, I could barely point the toes on my left foot! BAD.

That was 2 weeks ago. I've tried running twice since. Once a week ago today (Monday) and once yesterday. Last Monday's run lasted 2 minutes, Sunday's 15, with the same results. I thought I could blame my shoes (new Lunar Elites) but as it turns out it didn't matter what shoes I tried. I went to see Rob Hasegawa at Cedar Hill Sports Therapy Clinic and he found that my foot was VERY tight and locked up, so a few adjustments later some of my pain was gone! Yay!

Not all of it though. I'm still struggling with my Peroneus and my calf. I dont know if it's tightness or what, but I'm seeing Linda tomorrow.

Anyways, I'm fairly certain that this is a contributing factor to feeling a little down because of the ambitious goals I had for this season. I'm very disappointed that this had to happen, but so far everything has been caught at the intial stages, so permanent damage shouldn't exist. SHOULDN'T! *knock on wood*

I'm getting pretty sick of my left leg though... Anyways back on topic.

Ally and I have been doing long distance all summer. She began what is formally "Summer Camp" at RKY and we aren't able to talk as much as during "Spring Camp." RKY is basically her favourite place on earth, so I couldn't be more happy about how much fun she's having... But I miss her! I guess it's even harder because of the emotional roller coaster that my leg is putting me through, not to mention finalizing my acquisition of an International Competition Card, looking for a new wetsuit (more on that later ;) ), etc.

Ok, rant/whine over. More physio, more chiro, more determination!

Rawr!