Monday, December 29, 2008

Depressed

Injured! Looks like I won't be racing on Wednesday....or maybe I should say I won't be running the rest of the year and some into 2009. On Sunday's run I experienced some pain on the inside of my right achilles tendon. The pain wasn't on the actual achilles tendon, but between the tendon and the bottom of the tibia. It hurt to the point that I had to stop every 4-5 minutes during the latter part of the run. The worst had yet to come.

After the run I did the stair stretch stretching the calves and achilles, first the right leg and then the left. When slowly lowering the left heel I heard a light crackling sound and began feeling a sharp pain on the left achilles tendon. I had just strained my left achilles tendon while stretching. I know it wasn't a rupture because I wouldn't be able to walk. I'll find out more on the injury after tomorrow's appointment with the doctor. For now I won't be doing any running. This is certainly not the way I'd hoped to end the year and start off 2009.

4 comments:

Daniel Weston said...

I'm really sorry to hear of your injury. Keep smiling. You'll be back stronger.

Thomas said...

Ouch! Not a good end to the year, sorry to hear that.

MB said...

reading your entry I kept saying to myself "don't do that stretch" as I've done it myself with the same result - don't worry it'll pass over a short period of time

Anonymous said...

Coach, sorry to read about your injury. 2009 will be a great year for you so listen to the doctor! Heal and recover - from the DNR of the last two weeks in December!