Sore!

As each day passes, I'm getting more and more sore. I'm pretty sure it's from the running in the morning. When I was a sophomore in high school, I started the track season (after doing track in 9th grade), and I pulled a muscle really bad in my right thigh. It was so bad that I had to drop out that year. I tried again the next year, but as soon as I started with the sprinting, the same muscle started hurting.

So now I'm having the same problem. It's not as bad as before, thank goodness, because at that time I could barely walk, but as each day passes I can feel it hurting more and more. I've had the pain flare up at times when I'm playing softball and running the bases, but that's usually just for a couple hours and it goes away. This pain is constant and growing.

So, I'm trying to decide if I should keep up with my daily run or just run a few more times before the triathlon. On the one hand, it gets me exercising in the morning, and I need the practice. And I'm afraid that if I skip a couple of days I won't get back into it. On the other hand, if my leg keeps getting worse then I'm afraid I won't be able to do the triathlon at all.

On another note, while I was running this morning, my legs (mostly my calves) were killing me to the point where I wondered how I was going to make this work. How in the heck was I going to be able to get on a bike and go for six miles when my legs felt so bad? So after I ran I grabbed my bike and rode a mile. It wasn't bad at all, and actually, the more I went the better they felt. They were still tired, but the bike riding kind of stretched out the muscles, much like walking does after a run. So, if I can get rid of this thigh pain, I think I'll be okay.

We'll not think about the swimming portion for now.