Believe to Achieve

admit nursery. four assesments. two deliveries. one of which was needong to be in level two nsy.  foot in pain but less.really sore by end of shift.

14 mile bike ride, 4:02 AP. 1100north to canal. 4:09, 6:59. compared to 4:23 and 7:47 last week. great improvement on the hill to canal.   did a loop to art dye. very nice. then 10 minute hiit. then to kims bday pool party in bighland hidden meadows. very nice area and home. amber and i hung out a,lot.. my daughter.

12.57 miles on my bike nice and easy.  No pushing it.  AP 4:30.  Roads only today.  Went past PG rec and up to Main st in Lindon and up to the "benches".  So pretty.  Was out there by 545am.  Then stopped at rec and did 25 minutes on cybex trainer.  I FOUND a HUGE LOB-like mass in my lower inner calf muscle yesterday afternoon.  Scared at first as it was quite large but repeated massage eventually flattened it and ODDLY (but obviously part of route problem) my heel pain was greatly minimized.  I could almost walk pain free.  I iced it after that.  And last night my heel was completely pain free. With other damage notable from running injured-- plantar fascia pulling from heel.  But not intense. HOWEVER since it was cold I decided to wear my compression sleeves on my calves and when I got off at the rec at mile 10 my foot was throbbing in the heel.  Couldn't walk normal.   I did the cybex but my heel was uncomfortable the whole time.  IT didn't dawn on me til I got home to massage that muscle. APPARENTLY it did NOT LIKE COMPRESSION and made my nerve pain to my heel even worse as after massaging it for a while I could touch my heel.  I started myself on Prednisone last night to kick all this inflammation.  Going to do a 7 day taper.  MY dr did order solumedrol but last year I had a bad reaction to it with massive pains to my legs from my back.  I also did prednisone last year but I should have known better than to do the high dosing he had me taking.  So I started on 20 mg.  so 20  x 2, 15 x 2, 10 x 2 and 5 x 2.  8 days really.  But five is such a low dose.  Hope it works.  I started taking my compounded DHEA too.  I found it. I thought I threw it out.  I tried some from good earth.  And was taking way too much.  Now I am on 5 mg (down from 25 mg at good earth, cheaper so I tried it and my sister takes this dose. NOT good for me though). BONE UP helping with my tight legs in the morning.  Starting to feel some hope the last two days.  Biked home. 

worked in boot all day.  well most of the day.  I was sent home early.  it was nice to have relief wearing the boot.  now i just need one that can RUN with me  : D. 

CORE challenge with Amber in the pm. (my daughter, she is 10). not easy but getting easier.

foot bad off. something tore  at trafalga on tuesday and foot very angry today.  acutally i can't really say where the pain is from anymore--tarsal tunnel?  fascia? lower back disk problem?  seriously it is memorizing how limiting this problem is.  I may have to break down and get an MRI.  ARGHHH.  I just don't want to get one and have them classify it as mild something or other and be like HELLO!! this isn't mild!!!!!!  It is making me walk funny and not be able to run at all.  But that is only if I do the foot....so then they will want to mri my BACK... HELLO money doesn't grow on trees you know.  I feel stuck.   SOOOOO I attempted my bike ride on day four on steroids and I felt super weak so I just came home and laid out in the sun on my deck and meditated.  2 miles on bike.  THEN at 10 went to 7 peaks with AMBER and met my sister there.  We didn't plan it but we were there at the same time.  : D.  I was a lump on a log since I can't even walk normal.  Limping barefoot on concrete not the funnest in the world.  Stayed three hours.  Rested all after noon.  THEN-- got energized!!

So I went for a bike ride at 7 pm up to the canal.  SO EXCITED.  First mile was 3:57 (PR was 4:09 and this isn't all out or anything just natural but consistent resistance).  SECOND STRAIGHT UP mile 6:23!!!  HELLO!! where did that come from???? PR on second mile was 6:59.  That is a 36 second improvement.  IT was hard but felt the same as all the other times so I am happy I am getting stronger DESPITE my foot causing all sorts of issues for me.  Road on the canal south to Orem 800 North almost to mouth of canyon and then back to Orem soccer fields and over to state street and down past Aspen Elementary to soccer meeting for my Amber.  15 miles in 1 hr and 30 seconds.  3:57 AP.  No stopping.  Lots of slowing at places where intersections of road cross canal but that just makes it so I work harder!!  LOVED this ride.  A lot of my miles were 3:30.  AT mile 10 however my back started to ache GREATLY!! INTENSELY actually.  And I was worried when I got off my bike my foot would be screaming.  OH contrare!!!  There was NO pain!! HMMMM????? so is this foot problem a BACK PROBLEM????????? someone help me understand this??????  I woke to no pain in my foot this morning but now it is back.  This is craziness.  Where is this nerve tumor at???????  Meeting lasted 1.5 hours.  Amber plays for Celtic Storm.  She is very good at soccer. 

just really wanted to try out my HOKAS.  I really think they are going to be great when my foot is resolved.  BUT I am thinking I need to turn them in for a size 8.5.  They said they size a half size down from your usual.  I got a 9 as I usually wear a 9.5 but my left foot is swimming around in the shoe.  Darn my non mirror image body and foot size discrepency!!   ONE mile to test the shoes, out and back 1/2 mile so easy it was ridiculous.  I could feel my heel pull if I tried to go faster.  SO NO WAY.  9:50 mile.  sweet.  SO of course I had to to do HIIT.

Core challenge-- 1:30 crunches (50) 15 pushups,1 min plank, 1:30 side planks divide in half, 1 min bridge, 1min plank, 1:30 side planks(same as before), 15 pushups, 50 crunches, 1 min straight arm plank, 2:00 bridge, 50 crunches.

Then-- 45/15 rest ball squats, one leg ball squats and dead lift repeated x 3. First two sets I did 45 second each side for one leg squat and dead lift then I realized I was supposed to divide the time. Ahhhh that was better.  TIRED!!!! HUNGRY.

Barely any sleep.  In bed at 1130.  Tossed and turned.  Woke at 420 and picked Kim up at her house at 435 then met Melanie, Erick, Josse's mom, and Rachelle at mouth of canyon.  Drove up canyon and met Marcie and Amber Green at 5:08am.  Drove up canyon on the opposite side of the road as everyone else just because I am that way.  Got them to start at 5:29am.  Drove to mouth of Canyon where I had dropped off my mountain bike.  Left after a potty stop in the bushes at 6:15am ish and bike to Wallsburg turnoff from trail all the way to South Fork then up on to concrete.  Met first place guys at about mile 12.5.  Two were together.  Then Seth Wold about a minute later then Walter and another guy after that.  Then AMBER green in 17 overall or so. Then in second I saw Rachelle then Tara and Carina then Melanie, then Kim C. then Kim T., McKenzie, Aubrey, Becca, Holly and Jessica.  Fun times seeing a lot of my friends!!  BIKED 38 miles!!!! VERY good workout!!  Was able to tell Amber Green she was about a mile ahead.  And tried to get Rachelle to pass Tara back but Carina and her were going at a pretty good clip.  ICED in Provo River 7 minutes.  Felt soooooo good.  Legs sore from Hiit yesterday and the mountainous climb this morning WITH a headwind.  When I turned around the tail wind was nowhere to be found.