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This article part of our ongoing series at Women’s Running by Dimity McDowell, offering support to runners who can no longer run.
After I was diagnosed with my first stress fracture in my foot—I was training for a comeback marathon after having kid #2—I did two things. First, I broke down in front of the doctor. The tears didn’t stop until I hit the Wendy’s drive-through. Second, I ordered myself a Frosty, in the hopes it would freeze out some of the pain.
Seventeen years later, I’d still rate both soothing techniques a 5/5, although the tears may have been slightly more effective than the Frosty.
A skinned knee, broken toe, a chronic aching hip, or any other injury naturally summons tears, so when your running injuries accumulate to the point of no return? Let those salty rivers run, friend.
