I had planned 6 easy, but I have a new problem: Although nothing hurts anywhere and the area when the groin was pierced is looking normal (only the 4 or 5 points where the doctors went in are left with marks and they are small), it seems like I bled internally after my run last night and the blood accumulated in the pelvic area, where no work was done on it previously and there was no bruising there before the run. Now, it's like a 4 inch bruise (very dark purple). It's not sore, in fact, it feels very normal. It appeared right after my run, I noticed it in the bath. The nurses told me to go back to the hospital if there was any bleeding that I could not stop myself (but they meant external bleeding), or if there was swelling or pain to the foot, calf or entire leg. Not the case... Sigh... I DON"T WANT TO GO BACK THERE! I want to run 6 miles today... What should I do?

Call the doctor.

Lily if you got a bruise somewhere else the blood got pumped  there during the run.  Common thing. We see, for example, after a bad shoulder injury they may get bruises several days later further down the arm. They don't hurt and aren't hot etc. the blood from the injury site spread out, (hard to explain). Does it hurt at all?  Is it warm to the touch?  Is there any discomfort there?

Could you run, yes. Should you, probably not. Without seeing it in person we can't say do it. We wouldn't want to risk that it is caused by a clot or the vessel isn't healed and is tearing and you end up seriously hurt etc. give it a day.

Thanks, Marj. That is what I was thinking. No, it doesn't hurt, so yes the blood must be from somewhere else and just sort of pooled there. Yes, the possible clot thing is what concerns me a little... I guess I can wait another 24h before I think of running again...

Bitch away... Bad weather is horrible when you have to run in it. And bitching is like free therapy, we all need a dose of it.

+1

If you cannot bitch here about running related issues WHERE THE HELL CAN YOU?!

But alas, you can, so all is well.

'Morning.  Travel day/rest day....thank God.  My legs really need a break.  Spent all of yesterday skiing in the trees again.  What a fun vacation.  *sigh*

So I have a 5k scheduled for tomorrow, already registered. Temp forecasted at race time is 18F with windchill of 6F. Not too excited about that, but the bigger problem is 5-8 inches of snow in the forecast. Which I have known was coming for a while, but thought would not be till later in the day. They are now saying it will start at about 2AM. So hard to say what the roads will be like by race time at 9AM, but not sounding good. I can certainly do an easy run in snow, but cannot imagine doing anything fast, and in fact seems likely to end up with me on my ass.

 

This pisses me off because (1) the road conditions have really been OK the last few weeks; if the race was today it would be no problem. (2) I have already backed off some training runs this week in anticipation of the race. (3) I was stupid enough to think planning for this race was a good idea.

 

/vent

While conditions may suck, they will suck for everyone.  With a race like that, I'd do it just for the memories alone knowing my performance might not be very good.  "Remember that really shitty race in the cold and snow!?"  I remember fondly the 91 degree humid HM I ran.

I'm going to try that pelvic alignment exercise then do some core work today.  Maybe a couple of slow miles if all goes well.  I took a long, hot bath last night, and that felt great.

Cy -- long airplane rides are the worst.  So uncomfortable.

Marj. -- interesting, I've never had a massage either, except for what I do with the stick and foam roller.

Lily - I wouldn't run -- why risk it?

Dave -- I don't blame you for not wanting to race in those temps and conditions.

I just re-read LRB's post from yesterday -- I guess I should take today off if I'm going to try that realignment.

I've never had any type of hip popping sounds or ankle kicking.  I'm wondering if my issues are more related to my glute and hamstrings.