AM: Had something new today. It was like our 30/30 workout but instead of 30 seconds on and 30 seconds off we had 1 minute on and 1 minute it off (1/1). My goal was 15. Since Byron is cruising (lucky dog) Coach Holt did the workout today with me, which was great. I was glad. We started and I was feeling so good, legs felt fresh.. Had biofreeze on my foot and the first 5 flew by. It was the next 10 that would get harder and harder. Just focused on 1 at a time. Around 7ish my foot had its usual pain but I wasn't going to let that stop me from getting 15 so I pushed through it and reached my goal of 15. The last 3 I even ran more than I was supposed to, my legs were just feeling so good. The workout was good and I felt that I did really well. So far a good day.
DOC APPT: Went over to Zion Orthopedic to get my foot x-rayed. Then came the good/bad news. They found NO stress fractures so that was definitely good news but what they did figure out was that my foot pain was what is called Peroneal Tendonitis. There is two tendons that run around the outside of the ankle, on hooks on to the little bone of the side of your foot and the other wraps around to the top of the foot. The tendonitis is in the one that hooks to the bone on the side of my foot. The doc said to not run the rest of the week and give it a mile on Monday to see how it feels and go from there. He also recommended that I don't compete in Cedar's race on Tuesday. I would much rather not race Cedar than miss one later in the season that is way more important. I am just really glad I caught this when I did so I can get on top of it before the big meets come along. Started the day off good but now that I know what is wrong with my foot my day has been great and I'm going to get my foot better as fast as I can!
Goals for remainder of this week are to keep icing my foot and stay off of it as much as possible. Also to keep a positive attitude while I can't run so I can come back very strong. Lastly, get into the pool at least once a day to remain in the shape I am in right now. | 