So I guess it's time to come out of the closet here. Since October 26th I've been experiencing a significant pain in my 2nd metatarsal bone in my left foot. I've been able to deal with it but I'm afraid it's not getting any better.
I'm sure some of you have noticed my running volume has backed off quite a bit. (other than the 30K... haha) Speaking of the 30K i took a few days off before that and it began to feel better. Well during the 30K it started coming back, then the next day at the Duathlon it was pretty bad, but I didn't want to not race. Let's just say i was borderline about to volunteer cause I wasn't sure if I could run or not. Well after the duathlon I took 7 complete days off from running and went for my first run since the duathlon yesterday. While I know the pace doesn't look that bad it wasn't enjoyable. The pain came back from the first few steps and was persistent for the whole 4 miles.
Of course I've been searching the internet like a mad man trying to diagnose myself. At first I thought maybe it was tendonitis since the pain is on top of my foot, but I'm starting to feel more and more so that it's a stress fracture in my 2nd metatarsal on my left foot. I guess we'll find out at the turkey trot 8 miler on tgiving...
So I'm sure you're all wondering why I don't go see a Dr. I don't have any health Insurance and am afraid to find out what everything would cost out of pocket... ESPECIALLY if it's a stress fracture I'm gonna try to get through the holidays and maybe save enough to get it checked out. I'm so afraid I'm not going to be able to do Rocky Raccoon, along with the 50K next weekend and the Marathon the next weekend. Ugh. Didn't mean to rant, but I figured I'd let you guys know since I'm obviously not running like I was...
_Jacob_
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Personal Growth....
T-minus 36 days till I graduate from UTA.
It's slowly but surely sinking in. The past 17 or so years of my life, the priority has always been schooling above all else.
Now, I'm 36 days away from that completely changing. I'll have my B.A. and I'll be apart of the work force. The 'ole 9 to 5, 5 days a week. Ok... ok... that's not completely true, but It's really starting to hit me that my new focus in about a month is going to work.
For the past 5 years I've been running Polysomnograms (aka, "Sleep Studies") for a company in DFW. This carreer has been fantast to me as a college student and working nights suits me oh so well. Well, I've finally moved on from the company I've been working for the past 5 years and found a new company doing the same thing.
The problem with this whole situation is that my degree is not in "Sleep Studies". My degree is in Education/Kinesiology. I went to school to teach kids Physical Education. I've looked around for teaching jobs and I know that they're out there, but it's difficult to get my head around the idea of a "pay-cut" from what I'm doing now. It's technically doing more work, for less money, but then again I'll be uising the degree I worked for for 5 and a half years.
I've realized I'm just ranting, but I wanted to throw that out there. Being this close to graduation has really started to hit me hard and made me re-assess a lot of what i'm doing/have been doing carreer wise.
In triathlon/running news from the Jacob front, I'm doing two races this weekend. The first one is the Rockledge Rumble 30K Trail Run, and the second is Bronda's Duathlon put on my Ironhead Race Productions. I'm looking forward to both, but a bit nervous about both as well. My training lately has been good, but just very un "focused". I've just been doing what I feel like when I feel like it. My cycling feels strong and my running feels strong, so I'm looking forward to racing the duathlon after doing a 30K trail run the day before. For the 30K I'd LOVE to win overall. That's definitely the plan. I'm gonna go out hard and see if anyone can hang. If anyone hangs then I'll run with them until they drop, or until I have to drop them in the last mile.
Well I'm outta here. Gotta catch up on some work/school work. Sorry It's been awhile since I've updated. The whole job change has kept me busy! Hope everyone is doing well and training hard.
One more quick note. Let's remember to keep the soldiers and family of those effected by the incident at Fort Hood this week in our thoughts and prayers.
_Jacob_
It's slowly but surely sinking in. The past 17 or so years of my life, the priority has always been schooling above all else.
Now, I'm 36 days away from that completely changing. I'll have my B.A. and I'll be apart of the work force. The 'ole 9 to 5, 5 days a week. Ok... ok... that's not completely true, but It's really starting to hit me that my new focus in about a month is going to work.
For the past 5 years I've been running Polysomnograms (aka, "Sleep Studies") for a company in DFW. This carreer has been fantast to me as a college student and working nights suits me oh so well. Well, I've finally moved on from the company I've been working for the past 5 years and found a new company doing the same thing.
The problem with this whole situation is that my degree is not in "Sleep Studies". My degree is in Education/Kinesiology. I went to school to teach kids Physical Education. I've looked around for teaching jobs and I know that they're out there, but it's difficult to get my head around the idea of a "pay-cut" from what I'm doing now. It's technically doing more work, for less money, but then again I'll be uising the degree I worked for for 5 and a half years.
I've realized I'm just ranting, but I wanted to throw that out there. Being this close to graduation has really started to hit me hard and made me re-assess a lot of what i'm doing/have been doing carreer wise.
In triathlon/running news from the Jacob front, I'm doing two races this weekend. The first one is the Rockledge Rumble 30K Trail Run, and the second is Bronda's Duathlon put on my Ironhead Race Productions. I'm looking forward to both, but a bit nervous about both as well. My training lately has been good, but just very un "focused". I've just been doing what I feel like when I feel like it. My cycling feels strong and my running feels strong, so I'm looking forward to racing the duathlon after doing a 30K trail run the day before. For the 30K I'd LOVE to win overall. That's definitely the plan. I'm gonna go out hard and see if anyone can hang. If anyone hangs then I'll run with them until they drop, or until I have to drop them in the last mile.
Well I'm outta here. Gotta catch up on some work/school work. Sorry It's been awhile since I've updated. The whole job change has kept me busy! Hope everyone is doing well and training hard.
One more quick note. Let's remember to keep the soldiers and family of those effected by the incident at Fort Hood this week in our thoughts and prayers.
_Jacob_
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