Update on the running and life

So I started running again back at the end of February. Everything was going great until I hit about 20 minutes. Then my leg started to hurt. I just chalked it up to shin splints since that would be expected at this point in the game. So I kept running, but by the time I was to be at 50 minutes my leg was hurting unbearably, keeping me awake at night and making it very difficult to concentrate on school work. After a teary e-mail to my coach it was determined I should stop running, as at this point in the game a stupid decision could take me out for triathlon season. It felt exactly like a stress fracture so I assumed the MRI results were wrong. So I started to look for answers. I got blood work done (soooo many vials, they must have checked EVERYTHING), a bone density scan, and a bone scan. I also had a gait analysis done by Sean Delanghe at Price Health Center in Waterloo. It revealed that I actually don’t have shitty form so my running technique is not likely to be the cause of my problems. The blood tests came back with good news- I’m as normal and healthy as can be. Bone density scan, which I was really worried about, came back also with normal results. So last thing to check was the bone scan. Also normal. So what is going on???? The sports doctor now suspects it may be chronic exertional compartment syndrome. I have an appointment to check this out on Saturday, where they will take $200 that I really don’t have and stick some needles into my muscles. Although on the one hand this can be fixed through surgery, it would require many weeks off from training (about 6). So although I want answers, now is not a good time to be told I need surgery. I will have to wait and see, but at the moment I am allowed to run for short amounts of time and ice right afterwards.

On the job front, I am lacking. No job for the summer at the moment. L I’m pretty stressed about this at the moment but I must have faith that something will come along. If you’re reading this and you have a job for me, I am willing to work anywhere in Southern/Central Ontario, for minimum wage, doing whatever needs to be done. Fingers are crossed.