Believe to Achieve

burning leg nerve pain yesterday at work all day--- sciatica???  on and off this morning.  then chiropractic appt.  ultrasound and stretch machine to back.  ultrasound to my house for home therapy.  one treatment so far.  could walk on it after that without pain so thought i would be stupid and try running on it.  held up pain free for first 3/4 mile then it just got tighter and tighter and my ankle, forefoot and plantar region just rebelled.  spasms and nerve pain.  weak ankle???  so very weird.  AP no garmin cause I didin't want to know pace until the end.  Just ran a loop around my house that was a bit over 40 minutes (42:22) and course tooled it to be right on with 5 miles so 8:28 pace.  what next??? acupuncture???  CAST so I don't ever run on it for an entire month or two???  if that were the case we would have to also get rid of the scissors in our house.  I am so impatient.  this has progressed into a greater issue-- not just PF.  I think I may need hypnosis to tell myself what it used to feel like when I walked or ran on my right foot.  I am soooo guarded it is ricocheting all over my left let up to my back.  

FOOT BEYOND RIDICULOUS!!!  PLANTAR FASCITIS SUCKS!!!  And I don't even like to use that word.  So after falling off the wagon about a dozen times my resolve (like telling myself NOT to eat chocolate that is right in front of me) is to NOT run for 4-6 weeks BEGINS as of my return yesterday from a BLUNDER of a run.  My foot is even angrier with me than it was before Boston.  This is the most frustrating running disease I can conjure up for myself.  DO NOT CATCH IT!! 

RULES:   NO RUNNING  UNTIL PAIN FREE FOR 4 WEEKS (THEN REEVAL IF 6 WEEKS NECESSARY BY THE WALK TEST-- NO PAIN FOR THREE DAYS OF WALKING)

WEAR BOOT WHEN NOT CYCLING OR SWIMMING

ICE FOOT THREE TIMES A DAY

IBUPROFEN THREE TIMES A DAY X 1 WEEK

ULTRASOUND TWICE A DAY 

EPSOM SALT BATH TWO TIMES A DAY

NO RUNNING--- DON'T FORGET THAT EVER!!!!    I AM NO LONGER A RUNNER.  OKAY AS MELANIE PUT IT "YES YOU ARE A RUNNER--- JUST AN INJURED RUNNER".  

REPORT TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS VIA BLOG.

IF I THINK I CAN RUN-- ICE INSTEAD.   IF I AM DOWN AND DEPRESSED LIFT SOMEONE ELSE UP.

PRAY TO GOD FOR HELP TO HEAL MYSELF.  

OUTDOOR BIKE RIDES WITH FRIENDS (WHEN FOOT IS NOT PULSATING WITH PAIN)

Bike ride with Troy to the rec center (3 miles).  Elliptical FUN-- 132 avg rpm, started at level 7-- 5 minutes, 8 -- 5 minutes, 9-- 5 minutes, 10-- 20 minutes, 9-- 5 minutes, 8-- 5 minutes.  5 minutes in reverse.  Lower calves feeling the 45 minutes forward.   50 minutes for 3.8 miles. Did both pushing and pulling arms and at times no arms (probably 10 minutes).    I did not do the stair climber as my foot is hurting with walking.  Bike ride home 3 miles.  Legs quite stiff after first time on elliptical that was longer than five minutes.  Proud I stuck it out.  Seriously have never gone longer than five minutes on that thing.  Now I have gone 50.  Shocker.

Back in boot for the day.  Will soak foot later. 

Started Green Smoothie Diet (Green as in "going green", no additives).  Done with processed sugar and refined flour.  Got to happen  : D.  

Feeling that I am having some sort of autoimmune response with the continuted plantar fascitis-- rotating to varying degrees of intensity on my foot and going up my leg at times. My right arm is also affected.  Unexplained swelling of my index finger for 10 days now and my tendons feel numbish up my arm.   I feel the diet will help me.  

Need to pray.  Most important part....besides listening for the answer/s. 

Decided AGAINST frequent ibuprofen.  Not good for stomach or kidneys.   Natural healing with food  and rest and soaks should do the trick. 

7 miles to the rec ( I added on up the hills in PG).  AP 4:37 and that's with my first mile at Amber's pace to her elementary school.   40 minutes on the stair climber = 4.8 miles.  Started at level 8 for warmup x 5 minutes then stayed at level 10 and level 12 for the remainder of the time evenly. LARGE SWEAT DRIPS fell from my face and neck even though I didn't feel cardiovascularly winded.  Muscles working however in my legs.  Go legs.  No pushing off with my foot.  I guard it anyway but I am really trying to put NO pressure on it.    I did ultrasound it for 15 minutes before biking.    Finished with 40 mph wind gusts into my bike to my house-- 3 miles. AP  4:30.  Talk about a headwind and UPHILL!!  BAD combo.  The last mile was downhill but the wind was so intense I got no speed out of it!!

Made Whole wheat  (grinded myself) Applesauce Muffins.   2 Tablespoons of honey and 2 T of olive oil, homemade apple sauce and cinnamon.  YUM!!  Real butter on them.  Ate two before leaving to workout. 

After workout-- made a green smoothie--  green leaf lettuce, brocolli, carrots, blueberries, peaches and a banana.  YUM.  Fills you up. 

Also started taking Krill oil in gel tablet form.   Need all the help I can get with some good ol' omega 3 fatty acids!!!

7:42 am bike ride for 20.3 miles.  Yikes turn around I was telling myself "I need a long sleeve shirt on".  Bike rides are cold if the sun isn't up.  I just pushed through the urge to turn around and kept going in the chilly air.  Then  I forgot about it as I worked out longer.    I am so glad I appreciate my life more than music.  I ride my bike without music.  I never want to not hear a car or a person beside me biking.  Seriously biking takes concentration to NOT get killed.   I felt quite safe for the most part but honestly DRIVERS scare me.  I never take for granted that they see me so  I wave or slow at any intersection even if I have the right of way.   Rode my 20 mile run route that I took everyone on back in February.  Lots of hill work for me.  AP 4:10 for 20.3 miles.  Course record : D.   Back was aching for 5 of the miles-- spasms.  I didn't stop once except for three lights only briefly-- a minute total proabably.  The air was refreshing especially in Alpine. When I start running again I will wonder why the scenery passes by me so slow.  I am getting used to 4 minute mile pace!!   Foot back in boot after massaging it. 

Stayed up til midnight first watch HOP with the littler kids  then Ghost Protocol with Courtney, Troy and my mother.  Slept  IN until 8:40am.  A first in probably over a year or so.  So I put on my mizunos and walked around the house almost pain free (some arch pain slight pull on my heel, but not where it has been hurting for like 7.5 weeks).  So what do I do when NO one else is aware of what I am doing or checking in on me?? a measly mile I tell myself.  After talking for a bit with McKenzie who has had the VERY same problem with the VERY same foot and all the same symptoms of it switching around the entire foot and numbness etc... she suggested ASTYM which practically cured her.  I did some self astym (not near as  hard as I need to( yesterday) and with the continued time off and cross training other muscles to pull their weight I ran 8 miles today with minimal pain.  BUT MOSTLY with fear--- no pace increase because any "jarring" of the heel and plantar will set off the penalty to my foot.  Just easy pace.  First mile 9:02.  Last mile 8:11.  AP 8:30 for 8 miles.  Then of course I felt so good I pruned to bushes in front of my house.   Now drinking a Green Smoothie-- blueberries, banana, apple, lettuce, carrots and cucumber.  : D.     Will ice later after my daughters soccer game.  ASTYM coming up.   I am NOT going to run everyday.  Biking and stairstepper Monday.