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had a hurdle workout and monster double lift yesterday.
afterwards i was driving along at 80 in the fast lane, hit a rough patch and swerved across the highway, down an embankment, and straight into some trees. By some miracle I got away without a scratch, just a little sore today in my neck and back. The car is obviously COMPLETELY wrecked. The goddamn trooper who showed up gave me a ticket which I can’t just pay, i HAVE to go back for a court date, and then left me crying in the dark by myself on the side of the road to wait for a truck. fuckin prick.
Obviously I couldn’t get back for my workout today, my coach said to do 15x2 snatches if i could get back by closing time and if i felt up to it, and i’ll push today’s workout to tommorow.
That seems like a typical day for me…
ha you must have a high-risk job if you face death every day! maybe there is a god after all :eek:
Does insurance cover that how does that work in the states.? Glad your ok
Insurance should cover it, it’s a little complicated because I was actually borrowing someone else’s car… but if everything works out the way it should, she’ll get a sweet check and be able to get another car.
still kind of rattled, started feeling really sick in the middle of the day and didn’t make it to my last class. went to practice feeling really out of it, had trouble concentrating, plus it was pretty cold out today and I didn’t really feel like I got a good warmup.
-WU, hurdle skill circuit, hurdle mobility
-LJ full approach run-throughs x3, 3x12 step jumps
-shot progression light-standard-light of each position, then 8-10 glides light/standard
Running workout: I had to do it by myself because everyone else did it tuesday while I was busy driving off the road and knocking over trees- 3x(3x150); 1st rep out of blocks each time, 1 min. between reps and 3 btw sets. My coach told me to run around 90% and aim for 22.7. I didn’t feel like I went out that fast, but the first set was fairly quick at 21.2, 22.5, 22.6. Second was 22.9, 23.1, and then died at 24.0. After this set I started crying, partly because I didn’t feel good and was hurting, and also I guess it sort of brought out some latent anxiety about the crash, I remember the same thing happening when I got in a fight with my dad over the winter and then had to do repeat 300’s. I didn’t think fletch would make me do the last set because I was a mess, but he gave me a couple extra couple minutes rest and then i resigned myself to it and got into blocks still crying but came back and still ran all 3 in the 23’s, each one getting faster.
-cooled down, got a monster headache- I think I was dehydrated because really thirsty while I was running, but my neck and back were sore yesterday, I guess I could have irritated something in the accident. I didn’t get checked out because I felt alright, but if I keep getting headaches maybe I’ll check to make sure.
Otherwise just trying to hang in there… I don’t think I am going to do the upper lift tonight. my hamstring is spasming.
sounds like post-concussion symptoms? maybe I’m wrong, but just to be safe, might get that checked out to be safe. Hope you’re ok.
Don’t worry about the accident. I wrote off my car about a year ago in San Jose. Driving in the states is a helluva lot different than driving in Canada. People are way crazier in the US.
thanks guys, i think i’m alright physically and the idea of being in a car again doesn’t distress me. what DOES is that the just-glad-you’re-okay formalities have ended and i received a nasty email about what a bad, irresponsible, etc etc daughter i am. yessssssss
anyway, practice has still been shaky, still trying to get all my focus back. was pretty tired from the run yesterday.
-WU of my own choice, sprint drills, hurdle mobility, hurdle jog-throughs
-4x1, 2x2 hurdles; i was getting beat out by a girl i usually DUST out of blocks, a little discouraging
-jav drills, some short approach throws
Went and got stim and ice on my shin right away, the thing was dying- then break for food and class.
PM short lift
-10 min. easy bike
-6x3 extra-light and fast cleans @30k, 1x35, 1x40
-4x3 light and fast squats @40k, 1x45, 1x50
mini shake, ice bath for 12 min. @50-51. Dinner was all-organic tonight for earth day, it was soooooo good… my appetite has been raging out of control again and i figure i just had an accident, i can eat as much as i want for at least a week afterwards 
plus with potentially only a few weeks left in the season i can afford to put the eating disorder on hold if it would mean better performances and less depression… i’ll find out soon if thats the case!
period is gone again, praise god
probably the most unpleasant track meet i have ever been part of- it was in the 40’s, POURING rain. Not just drizzly, not just a little wet, but literally cloud-bursting, full-out downpour for the entire time. I don’t why for fuck’s sake it wasn’t cancelled or postponed.
so my LJ steps were all over the place, i jumped well enough to make the final and had a couple good jumps that had a good 8-10 inches on the board. The HJ mats were soaked through so that every time you landed you got completely soaked, so I cleared one height so I could score and didn’t continue because there was really no point. Hurdles was a similar disaster, my lane was flooded so I slipped in a puddle and had to bail on 3 stepping the last 3 hurdles… what a waste of a day. I get really deeply cold very quickly and it takes me a long time to get warm, so I took refuge in the trainer’s and made a cocoon of hot packs and shivered in them for a few hours.
drinking my life away tonight
i don’t understand how two traumatic things could happen in one week…
went out last night, ended up in the hospital for something that was not alcohol. Had to get put under and get some stitches, clearly I couldn’t lift today and I’m not sure if I’m allowed to run tommorow.
I know we have mostly men on this forum… guys please never put a woman through this
Oh gosh…
I hope you’re all right. I can’t even imagine how that might feel.
thanks. I am holding up alright. I have to be careful with what I can and can’t do for training so that I don’t burst my stitches. I will probably need to take a couple days, then I will certainly be able to throw and do upper lifts. Runnng and jumping are unknowns, and hurdling I probably should hold off on. The hospital wanted me to wait until I come back again in a couple weeks, but it is largely up to my discretion.
I explained the situation to my field coach who was very supportive. My head coach told me to use better judgment. :eek:
better judgement? what an asshole, like you planned for and werre asking for it, wonder what his thoughts would be if it happened to a female family member or himself?
whatever, he sucks. Apparently he has threatened to cancel the season and kick people off the team, but I think thats full of shit.
I am holding up ok, it’s hard to tell how the healing is going. I think tommorow I might try to throw some jav and lift upper.
I am feeling a little miserable because all I want to do is run and train normally because that always makes me feel much better, but the reality is becoming clear that i am really limited. I did a very light and cautious warmup and some jav work and had to cut it off fairly early because I was getting some pain. I went to do a very easy upper lift and got through one exercise (close-grip bench 6x3 light and fast) and started not feeling great.
I never realized how much you use that whole area to stabilize or do pretty much anything, it is very frustrating. I woke up early this morning and had to drag myself out of bed to take painkillers. Overall I think I am holding up alright, trying to eat extremely well and in large enough amounts, hydrate, and get enough sleep. I HAVE to be healed enough to do a hep on the 6th and 7th… pray pray pray :eek:
im confused…
What happened Kras?
Did some guy beat the piss out of you? Where are your stitches? Head, body? What other injuries?
Do you know who the guy was? Are you pressing charges?
Whoever did this to you deserves to get the living shit kicked out of him…
Hope you are feeling better soon.
Chris
thanks chris :o
there was an “incident” after a saturday night party that went out of control and ended with me going to the emergency room and then getting surgery (internal stitches) in a sensitive area… otherwise scrapes and bruises.
it was someone on my team. I am not sure yet what I am going to do. From the college’s point of view the issue is closed, but from a police standpoint there is some worry that i was pressured into writing a statement for the dean of the college that was a softened version of what really happened.
it is devastating to not be able to train, I am more upset about having that taken from me than about anything else.