Things which currently hurt:
- My hips. My left when I’m sitting, with a sort of stabbing nerve pain that painkillers don’t seem to help, my right when I stand up and try to move.
- My left ankle.
- My right knee
- My eyes. Actually, in fairness that’s probably because I’m wearing contact lenses rather than because of the running. In the interests of simplicity though, I’m choosing the blame the running.
For the first time last night, I really really thought ‘I can’t do this anymore. It hurts too much’.
I’m taking pain killers every day just to move around like a normal person and the pain in my hip is so unpleasant that I’m struggling to concentrate at work.
I have woken up today a little more optimistic of my ability to run again but, for the first time in 4 weeks, I’m going to miss a run tomorrow. I’m fairly bloody minded, but even I can tell I’m genuinely damaging myself.
I’ll go swimming tonight to atone.
