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November 2, 2005
Humpf
Today I had a really good run. It was a beautiful fall day. O and I went to the rails to trails trail. I felt great. We ran 45 minutes. We started off slow but really picked it up at the end (which is still probably only equal to about 7:30 pace). I was loving life. But now my left foot hurts. Humpf. I felt it "pull" just ever so slightly while I was running but I didn't pay much attention. Now after the run, icing, a hot shower and stretching, one spot on my plantar fascia hurts. Double Humpf. Who knows what it really is - either just a flukey pain or the plantar fasciitis coming back. Probably the later. I get disgusted thinking about it. I've already passed the 5 month mark for this injury and I'm pretty sure that I've served my injury time this year (yeah...um...try 8 of the 10 months so far this year...) and it's about time I'm healthy for once!
My mom told me on the phone tonight I need to give my feet a looooooonnnnngggg rest. I told her I needed to take up a new sport. Seriously. I love running but I don't love to be injured - so if I can't get this thing kicked by the end of this year I may consider something else. Trouble is, nothing is like running. We all know that. :)
Oh well. I'm not ready to throw in my towel just yet - I was just disappointed to feel that PF pain again. We'll see what tomorrow brings!
Posted by beth at November 2, 2005 8:55 PM
Comments
Don't give up yet!!! I wish you were here, we have a great team of PTs who will work with runners to make sure they can run. Keep looking for someone who will be able to make sure that you can run.
Blondie
Posted by: Blondie at November 2, 2005 9:59 PM
Well I for one can keep you company in the "running is killing my body" arena. I consider stopping occasionally-but what would I do with myself?? What a mess. Let's see what the next two months brings for you...Fingers doubly crossed. Feel better.
Posted by: Audrey at November 2, 2005 11:26 PM
I don't think it's time to throw in the towel yet, either, but there is something to be said for putting your focus elsewhere (as long as you continue to keep a blog!!!!!) if running becomes more frustrating than rewarding.
Forgive me if I've told this story before, because I know I've told other bloggers. I "quit" running in college because I was injured for two years straight -- as soon as I came back from foot surgery, I got a bad stress fracture in my pubic bone. I just decided that even though I loved running, it was like an abusive relationship. I can't say I found something that kept me equally as happy during my "retirement" but the time away obviously did me some good. I was in horrible shape when I started up again, and it was a very slow road back, but since then I haven't had anything that's knocked me out for more than a few months (my injuries used to last for about a year) and my body can tolerate about twice as much mileage as it could back then.
So hang in there and I hope it works out, but if you hit a breaking point and it's no longer worth it to try to run, there are indeed other options.
Good luck and hang in there.
Posted by: Alison at November 3, 2005 8:28 AM