Working through injuries

Well, here we go.  I have a shoulder injury that is preventing me from swimming and Mike is heading into surgery.  I keep telling myself that “It’s only January.  Get healthy now. You have plenty on time.”  I know this is true, but it is so hard.  As a coach, it’s so easy to tell my clients that they need to listen to their bodies.  As an athlete, I know how hard it is to do this.  Case in point, my attempt at being a vegetarian the past 5 weeks.  More about this in another posting….suffice it to say, it didn’t work so well for me and it took 5 weeks for it to catch up with me.  In any event, I’m now on a rest week and WILL NOT swim this week to give my shoulder a break.  And I WILL listen to my body today and in the future because I know it works!