Frustrated

Time to update on my running or lack of running. While on vacation I did 5K's on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. We biked the other days. When we got back home I continued with the running and biking. I was feeling really great. I was able to do 6 miles at WFG on September 1st in 84 minutes. During the following week I was mostly running and only walking hills. My last visit to WFG was on September 6th. I did the 6 miles in 72 minutes. As you can see my times improved. On September 9th while on my way home from a 3 mile run I felt the old familiar pain. I have not run since.

I see that I probably over did it again. I just can't figure out how to hold myself back. I LOVE to run and I love to challenge myself. It is so frustrating to have to walk when I know I could run, be done, and feel great. After I felt the pain I took 3 days off. No running, no walking, no nothing. I took Advil, I iced, I stretched, and I am terrible at being patient.

I made the appointment to see the Orthopedic Surgeon for October 6th. I don't know what to expect. I've seen the sports medicine physician, had a cortisone injection, did two rounds of PT, and I had the MRI. I hope he doesn't say "let's do more PT". I just want this thing fixed for good. I have been dealing with this since January 2006 and I just want to be able to run. I don't really want to have surgery but I don't want to have this problem anymore. I wonder what my options are.