Masters Nationals and the comeback

So, come feb 6th I was allowed to start my comeback from the stress reaction in the hip
Yep, i was allowed 4min walk, one minute jog x 4
and every alternate day add a little bit- like 1 minute- we allknow how frsutrating the  comeback is..
Anyway managed NOT to go crazy and Xtrained my butt offlike you wouldnt believe. Managed to not put weight on which is quite incredible
My sports doc did say i could have a crack at states and Nationals as long as I was prepared to run crap!
Timewise. I sure did, but i still ran seasons best
As luck would have it...nearing 40 and starting back with speed the tendons in my feet are nt happy... sore arch before states,, knew it wasnt great,
raced the 400m ran 70.9 which was a seasons best and a gold medal(no one in my age group)
The backed up the next day for the 800m. Jeepers creeps, hadnt done any consecutive days... legs tired from the day before. Ran a 2.50.8 which again was a SB so VERY happy
goes to show that cross training will maintain your fitness.... yes your running wont move forward much but by working hard, i didnt lose my fitness
Arch hurt a lot in the last 100m............knew i had done something

could barely walk the next day.. tried to train on Tuesday and had to pull up short... Worried as Nationals only a week and a half away. No RUNNING at all til then. So MORE MORE MORE cross trainng(gee im a bit sik of training sol, but will do what i need to do)
Get to Nationals-finally stopped limping but still EXTREMELY sore.
Physio told me i could run(and he said he thought i wouldnt listen if he said no) and he taped it the day before.
So try to warm up- arch with the torn tendon(minor-have i mentioned that yet) is not playing nice..grit teeth, its only for a while but disappointing that it hurts so much.... know that i probably shouldnt run but we all know im going to
Nervous as hell-also racing against a lady at my club who has NEVER beaten me and i really dont want to be beaten
Ran a very good strategic yet painful race... arch hurt A LOT-3rd most painful race ever. There was agirl in 4ht(me in 3rd) she passed me at 400, i tried to hang onto to her which was difficult as running fitness is low, know that if i hang in til the 700 i can outsprint most people... struggle struggle shes 1m ahead going into the straight...comeon jojo, cmon... KICK she also kicks, kick again get past her,pretty sure she's gone..but know she may not be--last 50m is the hardest 50 ever! get there and take bronze..woohoo
Cant walk well today-super sore, have made hte decision to not race tomorrow..it sounds like an easy decision but it is NOT..i still want to race, i love to race..and pretty devatstated but dont want to miss the whole XCR season.
yes that is me making a wise decision- last timei didnt make this decision and ended up on cructhes...
so i salvaged something from the season. It was a tough season... I have had a tough run really............ lets go for 2 years injury free thanks

...... well i am surviving

No running at all is not much fun i have to say..
i find it interesting that diff docs all recommend diff things

For example another lady at my club has hte same stressie as me(and i suspect hers was a tad worse) yet she is allowed to water run (I am not, and both docs havent let met me either) but we are both alowed on the bike.
Karen also let me use the elliptical but this doc has not, nor am I supposedly walking apart from incidental walking.....
Now given Karen let me use the elliptical, I am contemplating giving it a go... and I am walking tessa for 20mins a day. I was trying to ride with her, but really it was just too dangerous...one time she saw stu and even my brakes werent stopping her! strong little staffy..
Have been swimming every second day with the pool buoy-i even did 75 mins last sunday since it was 'long run day' but out of the pool for a few days as i had a mole removed from the back of my leg(and its left a hole about the size of a 5cent piece-quite literally!

trying desperately to not put on weight but i have put on 1/2 -1kg but noting that could be my normal fluctauation..
every second dya is rep day on the bike... stu keeps making me do 6 x 3mins but ive been getting quite bored with that so today was

3min(1.5) 2.5min(1.25) 2min (1) 1.5min (.75) 1min(.5) .5min(.25) and straight into the second set- which is difficult to go straight from 15s recovery to 3 min.
I find this session VERY hard but also much more interesting.... and man the sweat drips OR RUNS...

HAHA- back to work next week. Had a good holiday albeit not quite the energetic/running holiday I was expecting

Am very lucky to have a job I like, a bf i like(and whose kids i like), friends I like, a house I like but unfortunately a body that refuses to let me have evrything I want! lol... i consider myself a supremely lucky person

deja frickin view

okay
so it may seem like i only post if something has gone wrong.
However for my own purposes its improtant cos when crap happens i like to read the last time it happened and how I dealt with it.

about 8-10 weeks ago, i had a really acute pain in the arch. went to not my normal physio(couldnt get in) who diagnosed plantatr fasciitis, so i kept running. in fact i know when i it started to be a problemy hip. went up a REALLY massive hill at the you-ies and because i couldnt put any pressure on the left side, all the pressure was on the right and that mustve tipped me over the edge because it has been sore EVER since. turns out i had torn a tendon in my arch so shouldnt have been running... anyway sore hip flexor and other ever since.
NBever suspected a stress reaaction really..
at falls over new years, only ran twice but lots of walking... knew something was up so i asked for a scan.
all done dusted and back to physio within a day. YEP stress reaction, but definitely caught it a lot earlier...am still able to walk..
trying to work out whether to use my crutches or not.
I think i will use one up until i see hte sports doc... cant see my normal dic as I cant get in til february...ummm thats a little far away really///

anyway will update when i can!