The Wait is Over: On Surgery and Taking an Extended Break for Recovery
The week has arrived. I have surgery on Friday and, at the doctor's recommendation, I won't be able to run for four weeks. It is not running related but it has been affecting my ability to run ever since my failed attempt at a PR at the Chicago Marathon. I've run several marathons since then but all in pain and slow. It is time. I am ready. After Disney, I attempted the Clearwater Marathon, only to wake up that morning with a severe chest congestion (later turned into severe asthma) and some fever. I still started but talked to the RD and he let me switch to the half marathon instead. I wasn't even able to complete that in any sort of running fashion but I got the medal and moved on. It did not help that one of my kitties had died that week after an illness and it did not help that I was sick of work and life at the time. I don't think I had ever been that meh about a race before. Nothing to do with the event; it was just a bad week for me. So, af