The Diagnosis

I had my appointment with my midwife today, the one I've been waiting for nearly a month since I discovered what I though might be a prolapsed bladder. And the prognosis is good: I do not have a prolapsed bladder, but do have a slightly prolapsed uterus--nothing out of the ordinary that would require referral to a physical therapist or even surgery . Thank God! If I was doing one of those "thankful" lists this would pretty much be at the top. With time and with increased estrogen (and probably thanks to working consistently this past month on my Pelvic Floor exercises from the Hab It DVD), everything will return to normal on its own. Which means I can run...but I must (MUST! Sarah, you must. Listen to yourself woman!) take it easy. That means I need to ease into running slowly and carefully. I have to back off when my body tells me too (no matter how hard my mind wants to push it). My runs will need to start out with low intensity and low mileage. Which means that training for a spring marathon is pretty much out of the questions, unless I want to be stupid and regress in my recovery. This is a hard pill to swallow mostly because my mind feels so sharp and ready to train, and train HARD.

I called my husband with the news that I'm not falling apart at the seams (and that our son now weighs 12lbs 3oz and is almost a two feet "tall"). He in all his husbandly wisdom that I so love to ignore, said:

"I don't want you to run until after the Thanksgiving weekend."

"But! But...but!"

"We'll take the weekend to map out a relaxed training plan for you."

"OK. You're right." After all you are a CPT, CSCS. And when it comes to running advice you're almost always right.

So even though I really, really want to run I'm going to wait until I can sit down and map out a very conservative plan. Something that is low in mileage and low intensity that will allow me to get back out there without destroying the pelvic floor strength I have built up in the past four weeks.

How do you hold back in your training when you know it's what is best for you?

--Sarah