Yes, I am alive.
Finally opened up the old blog today and took a peak. I find it very interesting that the last post that I had written was the day before I injured my foot hiking. Yes, hiking. No running, no twisting, no spraining, no crazy story, just merely glorified walking. Yeah, a little bit frustrating.
After that family day hike, I had severe foot pain which continued for days after and then reappeared whenever I ran. Anyways, after getting tired of the resting and re-aggravating cycle, I sought professional help. Diagnosis: Fibularis/Peroneal Tendonitis (or something like that). Also known as pain in my ass-itis.
Rest, ultrasound and laser therapy for a month has resulted in a possible healing....I ran 5K on Friday for the first time without pain. Fingers crossed that this the turning point.
I wanted so bad to run again this weekend but to tell the truth the foot was feeling a little stiff and achy. So, yesterday I compromised and did a long bike ride. I biked the half-marathon distance. Yay! Just happens to be my longest bike ride ever so I feel very good about that. It felt great to challenge my leg muscles again.
Not sure what is going to happen with the scheduled half-marathon. It is so close (don't even want to do a countdown) and there isn't a lot of training time left. I'll just have to wait and see what happens. There are so many scenarios going through my head but really there isn't much I can do about it. Ultimately I want to be pain free so that requires rest and not pushing things.
Plan "A" is to be patient and take things slow and reassess in a week. My hope this week is that I can run another pain free 5K. Fingers crossed and bring on the Advil!
After that family day hike, I had severe foot pain which continued for days after and then reappeared whenever I ran. Anyways, after getting tired of the resting and re-aggravating cycle, I sought professional help. Diagnosis: Fibularis/Peroneal Tendonitis (or something like that). Also known as pain in my ass-itis.
Rest, ultrasound and laser therapy for a month has resulted in a possible healing....I ran 5K on Friday for the first time without pain. Fingers crossed that this the turning point.
I wanted so bad to run again this weekend but to tell the truth the foot was feeling a little stiff and achy. So, yesterday I compromised and did a long bike ride. I biked the half-marathon distance. Yay! Just happens to be my longest bike ride ever so I feel very good about that. It felt great to challenge my leg muscles again.
Not sure what is going to happen with the scheduled half-marathon. It is so close (don't even want to do a countdown) and there isn't a lot of training time left. I'll just have to wait and see what happens. There are so many scenarios going through my head but really there isn't much I can do about it. Ultimately I want to be pain free so that requires rest and not pushing things.
Plan "A" is to be patient and take things slow and reassess in a week. My hope this week is that I can run another pain free 5K. Fingers crossed and bring on the Advil!
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