Vanity is horrible, apparently...

I really did it. I actually hurt myself while ogling myself. Here's how the whole sad story:

While I was rock climbing last week, I was told by a stranger that I had runner's legs, so I decided that I would try to see what that looked like. When I went downstairs with my running shorts on, getting ready to run my nightly training run on the treadmill, I stood on my tiptoes, on the edge of my treadmill. I was trying to see what it looked like when my calves were flexed, as though I was on the rock wall. Well, I saw what they looked like for just a second or two before the pain set in. I was trying really hard to flex my calves and ended up pulling/straining a calf muscle. That's right, I hurt myself checking me out. What a dork. I have been unable to run without major pain for about a week now. I have been taking time off to let it heal up before I do more damage, stewing the whole time in my own idiocy. I love to run, and I have benched myself by checking myself out. To say that I am sad is a real understatement. Giggles are appropriate, please feel free to call me a goon. :)

Here is the main reason that I am sad about my sore leg: I am going to run the Indianapolis half marathon on Cinco de Mayo. I have trained for this race by running hundreds of miles (500+) just to get ready for this race. If I miss the race because I was ogling myself I will be very upset. Not only did this interrupt my training, it potentially jeopardized my ability to finish. I know that I can run the distance if I am healthy, I have gone much farther as recently as two weeks ago. It is because this is the big race of the spring that have been planning for. This race I am going to run with friends and family. It's not just the normal go out and run weekend, this one means something to me. If I push it and try to get back to running too fast, or if I manage to somehow re-injure the leg, I may be walking a very long race in May. Fingers crossed!!