Happiness run or lessons from the strange running injuries

Yesterday, on the track in samuyskom fitness club, I ran 8 km from Pace 5:00. On my eyes rolled tears, and his throat cut off some com. I was happy with what he saw and that there was no pain. Perhaps strange to hear this from a man who learned to run 21 km in less than 1 hour 45 minutes and even I did half IRONMAN... But half a year, I could not run, almost completely. Below is the story I wanted to tell, but the feeling overtaken me yesterday changed my opinion. At the end you are waiting for a few lessons I've learned over the more than half a year.

10 days before the start at the IRONMAN 70.3 ITALY I did what any sensible athlete will not do. I decided to test himself and ran to some unthinkable pace in the cold Mother Motherland in Kiev. Something went wrong, and at the ankle of the right foot on the inner side of the start of pull. Then, I ran another 10 kilometers and the house ended up with a swollen leg. The next day I could not walk. Before IM was 9 days, and go a long way in I had in a week. The panic began. I do not remember how many people were in the network and in real life, that I volunteered to help. The main diagnosis was - an inflammation of the periosteum. Seasoned athletes and champions in running and triathlon advised to use lotions from Dimexidum solution and saline solution - one part Dimexidum and 9 parts saline. So I took a week before the start. Lotions had to be done frequently, and therefore had to be taken with a cotton, elastic bandage and a syringe, which is applied to all.

You should have seen the eyes of the Italians on the train Rome - Pescara (here held a contest), when they saw the passenger with the syringe and cotton wool himichaschego to himself on his leg :)

It is ridiculous to tears. Until the bitter tears. In general the whole kit was at me here such ↓

It is said that it was very painful to walk these days. Especially all aggravated by the fact that it was necessary to drag a backpack and a box with a bicycle, running, shape, wetsuits and other utensils. Drag, then to swim 1.8 km, cycling 90 km and, most importantly, to run 21 km middle of nowhere, in what weather and why all this suffering.

Around all handed out tips - ice and hot water, contrast, smear ointment, do not smear ointment, tighten more tightly, do not delay in any case, do a massage, do not do massage in any case, use tapes! It was maddening.

The day before I start, a little lame duck, which like everything was on the mend, he met brothers ShchedrovThat made me pull the compression socks literally force!

Looking ahead, I will say that it seems that is what has allowed me to finish at all. These are the socks up to the knees, which are firmly tightened, and this is somehow kills the pain. Here's what they look like - a smart thing:

I will not describe the entire race, she described hereBut running was torture, and therefore lasted more than 2 hours! Somehow it turns out that if you do not try to load the injured leg, then get tight around the body, each part of the opposite foot - sore knee tendon below the knee, hip, and then stop. I never saw cry those who pass such a race, but I could be the first. Helped only delight of where I was and what I was doing. Inside, a cry of pain, his face sincere joy.

After the race came the real horror, which is difficult to tell. We had to think hard where to go, how to go, and whether to do it. No, I skipped the remaining two days of Rome, but its beauty is helped to escape somehow from the sores.

Then there was the Kiev and doctors. If you think that having access to commercial medicine, you will achieve a solution to your problem, then it is not. That's where I got to the procedures in the direction of one of the famous clinics in Ukraine. This procedure electrophoresis - 40-50 minutes per day for 10 days... no result.

Then - another doctor on the advice of a friend-athlete. X-rays from the terrible trauma clinic (which I thought was in eclipse Silent Hill with the surroundings and pokotsali zombies).

X-rays showed that none of the periosteum is not inflamed. Dr. diagnosis was - something neurological, and it gives on the nerves in the leg. Bone in the photo intact, no injuries, joints OK periosteum normal. It became more interesting... In any case, prescribed some very nasty ointment Finalgon. Use it - something else fun. Hell bake, irritate the skin, it is not washed off by water, but only with olive or other oil. If it microparts hit you in the eye or nose, you will suffer. It also did not help.

Then I was advised to "horse ointment". It is very steep and brought temporary relief, but the problem did not solve. Ointment This, incidentally, is smeared with the horses after the race, to calm their tense legs. Sold by half a liter: D

It only remained to swim and ride a bike. Wonderful, but what hurt while running, does not interfere on the bike or in the water.

June 1, 2013 I gained sore, January 6, 2014, I realized that from her almost no trace left. Once again I found good fortune to run, so that is not appreciated by all of us at the first stage hobbies jogging. I still can not say that I would recommend to friends in misfortune - all too difficult to give a council.

In general, as I understood, sports injury and even in our area this is what you are left alone and she is waiting Only one, when you calm down, turn off buzz around, come out of the internet and just start listening themselves. Today, my injury was my girlfriend. No, the pain is gone, but the anxiety and a constant reminder left. It is not pain, no. It's hard to explain... It's a type of an additional sensor on the leg that reminds himself constantly. He is with you and say: "Enough for today," "Be careful on the descent, do not forget about me," "Another half a year want to lie ?!"

My lessons learned (listen)

1. Appreciate your kilometers. Run five or six began to run? This super-achievement. Ran five and rushed to the eight-by-endorphin doping? You are not a hero, you - fool. Appreciate your five and Grow here. Remember that you will not have for years and, if so continue.
2. Technics - it is most important. Today my jogging is not a race to race with him, it is a deliberate quest in which I remember every step, every decision on a hill, downhill. I do remember the hundreds of times when my foot falls and is repelled from the ground. This is - the most interesting in the race, rather than side-locks, time and progress. Stop the storm itself - it would end badly, storm technique. In my case it is best proved itself within a run. How do I now think the problem was that I did not even running on the heel, too much knocked to the ground and inflamed tissue on the side of the leg from these impacts.
3. stop broadcast - this is where does your motivation and that pushes you to stupidity. When you suddenly do on mental Wake up in one of the half-marathon training, then hurry up and get to post their huskies, comments type "Krutooooy!", "Wow, how is it possible ?!" If you need motivation to delight those who may not own anything, you will need to do something others. Close your account from unauthorized and calmly coach. Use a very steep Training Peaks, Service or training from Garmin adidas micoach. Train quietly and deliberately, and lay out the only true achievement - marathon, half marathon, triathlon starts, to which you GOTOIVITES! Realize that you need to stop ignoring the process and appreciate the result. Your motivation - this is not a constant itch lazy to Facebook and Twitter, as the present case - city competition or commercial launches.
4. You are not unique - admit it. You are not a nugget that postural dug - no. Nuggets are already wearing medals or coming decade (s) to them. You will not be able to catch up with those who are from 8 to 22 years of cyclic sports. You will likely pimped and no wonder you do not happen. No need to sublimate the shortcomings of privacy and fucking job achievements in sports. You are not professional and lay down in seconds you do not need, we need you for another. Degraded your tendons, joints are not the first freshness, muscles - so yourself. You will not be able to do everything quickly and does not suffer from this, you will be hurt and suffer, and will only get worse from the fever that you yourself arranged. And most importantly - no one in your Facebook and Twitter will not help you with your problem with the Achilles, knee, foot, waist and back. Trying to take a running or triathlon swoop - it's like a good booze. All fun and all are cute, but in the morning - you are one with his sore head.

Such history. I hope that it will warn you away from my mistakes and the mistakes of those who fades into the time of the injury and does not broadcast in the positive you on social networks. Ceases to entertain you with their success, and simply dragged silently on cheesy clinics, doctors cheesy, dreaming of happiness lost foolishly. Happiness running.