Total Miles – 0.00
This may be the hardest week so far, the first week that I have to deal with a “serious” injury. (Ok, so it may not be serious, but it sure feels like it). Since finishing the race on Sunday, my left foot and heel have been killing me. Not that I have a medical degree, but it appears to be either heel spurs or the dreaded plantar fasciitis. I have been icing it every night and sleeping with a brace on that stretches the foot. I felt a little bit better last night, so when I went to get the mail I jogged a few steps. It felt better to jog than to walk, but there is no way I could have gone more than a mile. So I am shutting it down for the entire week, hoping that the rest will do me some good. I am also going to do a few “modifications” to my shoes to see if I can cobble a solution together.
With my first half marathon a month away I don’t have the luxury of taking 2-3 weeks off. I also can’t go back to regular running shoes at this point. Every time I try to do so, shin splints and lower back pain are not far behind. I think it may be like throwing a curve ball. Go ahead and throw them, your arm is going to hurt. Depending on your motion however, you can choose: do you want it to hurt in your shoulder or your elbow. I’m pretty much faced with the fact that yes, this is going to hurt. Do I want shin splits and back pain, or do I want my foot to hurt. Ideally I want to be pain free, so I’ll be taking it easy over the next few weeks. Thankfully I have nothing planned from May – September, so I can really scale back if I need to.
It feels really weird not running. I can actually say that I miss it. It’s strange to wake up at 4:45 and not be getting ready to head out for a run. Yes, it is really nice to sleep in, but truth be told, I’d rather be out running.
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