Is it Worth the Pain?
As you may know I am a cross country runner and the actual season just started last week. Well I’ve been having stomach problems (IBS) since June and the pains I experience while I’m running are at times unreal, sometimes I need to stop and keel over or even as extreme as me needing to lay down pretty much in the fetal position to relieve some of the pain. I’ve been put on prescriptions to help me but they have only helped a little. From this pain it makes me question if I should even keep running because most of the time I can’t even get a good run in without at one point needing to stop and succumb to the pain that is overtaking my stomach. At this point I’m having a very hard time motivating myself to keep going and work through this and I was wondering if anyone had any tips on what I should do with my life and if I should keep running or what. Any tips would be appreciated. This was also another thing that I needed to get off my chest and thanks in advance for any tips you’ve got and for reading this ~JAK
Well from the sound of it, I dont really think its possible for you to keep running. It seems like the IBS is bad enough that it keeps you from really running. You may push through the pain sometimes but if you have to actually stop and succumb to pain as you put it, then i would say at this point the IBS is winning. If it just hurt but you could keep running anyways, i would say go ahead and run, but this seems much worse then that. Granted I dont know you and I have no idea how important running is to you, but at first glance this doesnt seem like its good for you. Pushing your body into that extreme amount of pain cant be healthy. At the very least you should take a break from running. If it really hurts that bad it doesnt seem like running is a very feasible idea. But this is just my opinion.
Adam