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February 07, 2013

Reinjury?

I felt great going into Tuesday night's trip to the court, until about two steps into my warmup, that is. Maybe it's the shoes.


(I can ironically make that juxtaposition, right?)

Two steps in to some silly looking skips on soft ground and I'm getting that nagging pain from the inside of my left calf (medial soleus strain?)  I'm like, "Self, what the hell?"

I finished warming up and proceeded with my on-court technique work, trying to learn the proper penultimate step in my approach, but there was no ignoring my calf pain.  It made itself known on nearly every step.

The jumping itself went well, when I could get the steps right.  Unfortunately, I couldn't justify making many attempts due to injury risk.  From a pure vertical standpoint, my ups are better than they've ever been, actually.  With one hand, I can now grab rim off of two feet.  It's just a shame the left leg doesn't seem up for the ground pound.

The left hip flexor/groin has been tender and sore as well.  Clearly it is not 100%.

Hopefully I can get into a state where I can make more attempts soon and that this isn't a deflating ending to the last 21+ months.  Contemplating hitting the ibuprofen pretty hard just to make a final run before DUNK deadline, even if it runs me into the ground.  We'll see.

Stay tuned.