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WanderingEng  ·  2073 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: August 15, 2018

I haven't been running due to an injury. More humbling than the injury is the exercises my PT has me doing. I thought of myself as having pretty strong legs. I could, and did, run a half marathon every week. I hiked up a mountain in 0° F through two feet of unpacked snow, and while slow, I still crushed it.

But put a rubber band around my ankles, have me squat, and then take small side steps and I'm a puddle of goo in fifteen feet. And that's basically the issue that caused my injury: the muscles that weren't really strong were really weak.

I can still feel the strain in my hamstring, so I'm not going to try running until my follow-up appointment next week. No sense in pushing it and exacerbating an issue. I'm in this for the long haul.

To that end, I'll have my first DNS on Saturday. My October full marathon is probably also out. It's disappointing but necessary.

I'm able to walk and hike, and I've been doing more Ice Age Trail segments. I'm up to 361 miles complete of the 1140 mile trail.