im a freshman and 14 yrs old
i had a surgery for my ruptured appendix on feb 6
im also in track and have a meet coming up next thursday!
(which im probably not gonna be in)im in long distance- a miler.
i’ve been getting mixed answers on whether i should run or not
my parents are mostly paranoid about it, of course
i have already started running on feb 23- i did warm up and 6×400s (the regular team did 10×400s)
it felt a little weird, but mostly it was normal. i was weaker and a lot slower too, slower than the training team people.
i’ve been skimping on workouts because im worried something might go wrong. (i opted out of 40m sprints and the 51/2 mi long run) i dont know the details of a ruptured appendix, but people like my parents and grandparents have been emphasizing the danger of intense exercise while recovering. my doctor said to take it slow.
but everyday at practice, i feel like i could be doing more and like im really slacking off. i really want to get back on track, but am not sure if i should run fast yet, as that would be intense exercise, and not taking it slow. i just feel so incompetent for being so slow, and really want to start running hard to get back to my usual times, but im not sure if i should let myself heal more first from my ruptured appendix.
i just found out that it could have been life threatening and got kinda freaked out….

if i were you i would not run, because i would be to worried about something going wrong. look at it this way you go to the first track meet and something goes wrong, then your out for the whole season. or you can wait a little while and gradually run more each day and then be stronger an run a really good race.

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