Bursitis, WHAT?!

Pes Anserine Bursitis. Seriously? My ankle is good, my plantar is ok, but then I'm hit with debilitating (while it hurts) bursitis.

I am half way through my half marathon training and am about to miss another long run. It should be my 2nd 12km. I am soooo not impressed, but really what can I do.

I have one plus side for me, I am heading out for a weekend away in some nice wildebeest inhabited area and I am too chicken to run amongst the free range bears, cougars, coyotes and crazy sheep, not to mention the cows, for much length of time, alone. So no run Thursday, today is Friday, won't be home til Monday.  Heck that is 5 whole days of rest.  If I am pain free I will try an easy 5km, slow, steady, and on the treadmill so I can easily stop at the first sign of any wrong doing. Sigh.

If only someone would lend me a babysitter, paid for by anyone but me, so I could go hit an elliptical or spin bike at the gym. Or a pool.  But no. My workout time is dependent on my little ones.

So here I am, 8 weeks to race day. Having to ice and Advil for a week. I'm sad. Lol.

On plus side I did a hill workout the other day, and it felt great (until the great bursitis got me while I slept).

Maybe I'll skip hills for a bit when I get back into it. I think it will be safer that way. Just work on building up my long slow miles and hope for the best on race day.