Month: January 2020

Stomachs

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I woke up at about 2:00 this morning. It was a confusing experience as I was having a dream about nuclear war. It all seemed to come out of nowhere and happen very quickly. I was dissatisfied that the world had been turned into a nuclear wasteland, but I was quite pleased with myself for doing a good job of still being alive, so far. I was pessimistic about my chances in the future, but I was largely accepting of the situation. I have strange dreams.

I think the reason I woke up was that my stomach was quite unhappy. That’ll be the ibuprofen, presumably. I took it a bit earlier this evening and so far seem to have been spared the same level of gastrointestinal distress (I just have the normal amount) – maybe the first dose was just a shock to the (GI) system. But other than that, so far so good.

Unrelated good deed for the day: I posted some seeds to someone on reddit who was disappointed that some she’d got didn’t grow. Now she can be disappointed twice!

Back to work

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Going back to work has proved OK. I’ve really enjoyed the trains being quiet AND ON TIME this week. I suspect this won’t last, but it was nice while it lasted.

I decided to bite the bullet regarding ibuprofen. I made the mistake of googling my injury and then made the second mistake of reading the massive threads of people complaining about sports hernias and saying that they need surgery. Hmmm. So, mixed with my general impatience and the fact I had a few pains at work today, I decided to do what the doctor advised after all. She recommended a week of ibuprofen and then re-assess, so that’s the plan.

Injuries 🤔

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Sooo, I decided to stop running and doing any kind of strength training for a few weeks, to try to get my tendon strain (?) to heal itself a bit quicker. There is a half-marathon I want to do in April, and it’d be nice to get a few solid months of training in.

A week later…

I used to get some pains in every day life, like when getting out of bed (sit up type movements). I’m not getting those anymore, which suggests it’s improving.

I don’t know when to try running again though. Is this weekend too early? Maybe I will leave it until next weekend.

In the meantime I am trying to open up my hips a bit. I discovered that the left (the painful side) is much tighter than the right, so I have been foam rolling and stretching with some gentle yoga poses. I’m not sure it’s having any effect so far…

When I get back running, I must be more diligent about strength training and stretching. The routine might work pretty well if I can run at lunch times and then have the evenings for rolling/strength/stretching.