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November 5, 2007

Taper hyper

My shin is better. I can't even make it hurt when I flex my foot. Rest, ice, ibuprofen, and the foam roller were my self-prescribed solution and it seems to have worked. I used ice and ibuprofen on Saturday, and took yesterday off from running, but even yesterday afternoon it still hurt really badly. We went to the Texas Book Festival with MG in the stroller, and I didn't take any ibuprofen before we left, and I had a distinct limp and had to walk really slowly. It wasn't until last night that I got after it with the foam roller, and this morning I woke up to a pain-free leg. Weird.

I wonder if the agressive rest, ice, ibuprofen, and foam roller was the solution in '05 when things got worse and worse until I DNF-ed the marathon.

I should be knocking in wood, I suppose; I haven't run yet. I missed a 17-miler on Sunday. But the fact that I can't make it hurt even if I flex my foot as hard as I can indicates that there's some definite progress.

Posted by jenandmats at November 5, 2007 7:50 PM

Comments

Yay! Keep working on it until you're all the way out of the woods!

Posted by: Meghan at November 7, 2007 7:59 PM