So I really screwed something else up in my foot yesterday. It's weird because I hurt some completely different part of my left foot. The top of my foot which had been bugging me doesn't really hurt because I have some new problem. Oh great! I decided to work on my tempo running which caused this without really knowing it. It was a good 4 mile tempo run on the way to the pool. My speed is definitely not as good as it used to be even in the month of April. The foot bugged me as usual during but then the pain kindof went away...ENDORPHINS!! But somehow with a different stride or compensating for the other foot problem I caused a brand new one. Oh joy!!
I'm looking at podiatrists right now in my PPO network to see what I can find out. I know I could deal with this on my own but man I really want to put in a good run time. If I don't have the ability to train full out on the run, its going to be hard to put in that time. I'm hopeful that I'll be able to find a podiatrist that is an athlete. If the doctor doesn't know anything about training they just say "REST". That's just unacceptable for us hardcore folks. Normal people really don't understand endurance athletes and think we can just "REST". WRONG!!
So after the tempo run, I swam and then hobbled home to ice. I took the day off on the bike. I'm hoping the foot will be unaffected by riding today. We'll see...
Elena started her summer camp which is basically a martial arts camp. She practiced her stance and kicks last night. It was awesome as she was screaming out "hiss" when kicking. I guess that's the standard scream these days not the "hi-yah!". Maybe she'll learn new phrases to scream as she learns new moves. She's excited about the camp. What's weird is Elena goes back to school on the Tuesday after the Ironman. Her summer is over the same time my Ironman is done. It makes the Ironman seem a little farther away or she got screwed on a super short summer.
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>>That's just unacceptable for us hardcore folks. Normal people really don't understand endurance athletes and think we can just "REST". WRONG!!
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid even if you find an athletic podiatrist, you're going to here the "R" word. At least s/he can tell you that if (when) keep running on it, how much you might be able to do without doing permanent damage. At least that's what happened to me with my IT Band..."well, since you're not going to listen to me, just know you could do permanent damage to your knee unless you stop when it really hurts, but it's ok to run when it only kind of hurts". Fabulous. Hopefully you will get better news, but until they can put rest in pill form, be prepared to lay off for a little while. :\
listen to the lady! no need to go all Tiger on this and fubar yourself for years to come dude.
ReplyDeleteand as for Elena...did you take her to Kung Fu Panda? Maybe she can make her new phrase, "Ska-doosh!"