Sidelined

At this point in time, it appears my races for the season are on hold. I am currently signed up for two Sprint triathlons at the end of June. These were supposed to be my "warm up" races. My easy races that were really just for fun. This season was supposed to be the year of 2-3 Olympic length races with the goal of getting faster each race.

Except that isn't going to happen.

I stopped running at the end of February due to a Posterior Tibialis Tendonitis - that tendon that runs behind the inner ankle bump and then down to the arch of the foot. I saw a Sports Med guy and he said to wear this splint 24/7 and stop running.

So I continued to bike and swim, as he said I could. But no dice. Still hurt. So, 3 weeks ago, I landed in a walking boot for 2 weeks with no sports at all.

Still hurt.

So, now I have pretty much just pulled up stakes. I am trying to remember to do some PT to strengthen my butt muscles (the butt bone's connected to the knee bone, the knee bone's connected to the foot bone... it's all related apparently), but I am basically languishing.

I'm out of the boot. I'm supposed to wear the splint. I have just lost my mojo. I have told my coach that I am out for the month of MAY (remember, we started this party at the end of February) and currently wondering how I get back on the horse. How long after it doesn't hurt do you let it go before testing it?

Blah.