Pain in the Neck

Sorry I haven't written in awhile, things have been kind of crazy and life has literally been a pain in the neck. The first week of April brought with it thunderstorms, which for me means migraines. I had a migraine that Monday, and another one the following Monday, and in between I tried to fit in my running and my schoolwork. The problem is that the medication leaves me fairly useless and the headache tends to linger so by the end of the week I was a little frustrated. Then I got an email canceling that Saturday's group training session because it was supposed to thunderstorm. I panicked. I was worried about missing that run, and getting another migraine and not being able to make it up. So I did an idiotic thing. I called Su and talked her into going for a ten mile run right then. It was Friday night, around 6:30 or 7 and I hadn't been planning my eating around running for two hours. The run went great, but then I got sick to my stomach, and stayed that way most of the weekend. Apparently the culprit is probably dairy, so I'm trying to give up milk within 24 hours of running. We'll see how that works. Anyway, Monday I went for a five mile run, and later in the day enjoyed my second migraine in so many weeks. I came back to my apartment and went to sleep and slept and slept. I woke up on Tuesday with a stiff neck. You know, the crick in your neck that signals that you slept funny and usually goes away within a day?

Well seven days later I still can't turn my head to look over my right shoulder without pain, and I haven't been able to run this entire time because the jarring motion would have made the neck worse. I did go to doctor and got some lovely painkillers and muscle relaxants, and things have definitely started to improve. I might be able to run again tomorrow. The problem is, I'm going to have start back a little slow, which is really frustrating. But I guess that is life. As the doctor said, at least you didn't hurt your leg. I almost think I would have been less frustrated with a running related injury. But maybe it has been good for my body to have a little time off of running, and hopefully this won't set me back too much.