Trail Running Granny

I slept in this morning, Harold came to give me kiss good-bye and said the chicks had just run by the house.  Wah wah wah!  I want to run on the road, just because it is easy, get your shoes on and go, but I am trying to save my heels for my 2 marathons. 

Tomorrow, I will rise and shine  early and hit the Cottonwood trail. 

I hate non running days.

This morning I woke up to AGAIN some very sore heels, the thought of  running on a trail sounded too brutal, so I took Odee for a 1/2 mile walk on a trail, even after the 1/2 mile walk it was sore, I thought I might be able to walk it off, but no such luck. So..... today I am calling the doctor and seeing if she will refer me to someone that might help me get rid of this.

I hope you all have a nice morning run, I will have to live thru yours!  Have a great day!

 PS  I went to a store called Chandlers, the owner is a PT.  He works with a lot of runners. He looked at my feet and gave me some exersizes to do and a better pair of insoles.  He told me to take 200mg of Ibprofen (or however you spell it) 3 times a day for a few days for the inflamation and to do some specific exersizes he showed me.  He did not tell me to stay off my feet, just to keep my mileage low for a few weeks and see how it goes.  I had made an appt. to see my doctor and see if she would refer me to a specialist, but I am going to cancel that and go with the PT for now.  I can always try the doctor if this doesn't work.  Wish me luck.  I need my feet to work, I have about 4 weeks to go!

God Bless Chandlers Shoe store and the nice PT who owns it!  Thanks Ardith for referring me to them.  I wrote in my blog yesterday that the PT(I wish I had his name, nice older guy) checked out my feet. Yes, I have PT, he also said I have plantar warts, ( I always thought that I had glass in my feet that had grown over to make callouses, they always hurt, but then I run to the point where they go numb and I can't feel it anymore)  He also said the pads of my feet have worn down (due to age.....Yeck!)  Anyway, he gave me exersizes to do, a new insole that is built up more in the arch and more padded than the one I got at Wasatch Running, and he told me to take 600mg of Vit.I 3 times a day until I feel better, he told me to cut my mileage down, but that I didn't need to quit!!  Yahoo!!  I am a miserable person if I don't get my run in.

I woke up with my feet feeling better than they have in weeks!  I did a 2.07 easy run to the first bridge up on the Little Cottonwood trail. I felt great, I didn't even have to land on my toes and then my heel to avoid pain!

I am going to follow the PT's orders religiously!  He also said NEVER go barefoot! 

All  you young runnners, please take care of your feet, you will get old one day and I KNOW you want to run forever so take care of them.  NO flip flops unless they have support!  I spent $50 on a pair of "Fitflops", they came recommended by a friend who had PF and is now fine.

I am so happy!  Have a great day!

Hi Everyone, another no running day. I had to get up early and go watch Paul and then I have a full day of work.  I thought I would use this entry to invite you all to our   party in the park for Paul!  So here are the details and if you can come out that would be wonderful, it should be a great time!!!

                                                Party in the Park for Paul

                                                      Sat. Sept 6th

                                                        5:00pm to 9:30pm

                                                       Antzcak Park Pavillion

                                                       1850 E 7200 S

                                                                SLC

We are having the Polynesian food catered by the  Pauni Family ( the Logan family that had the Extreme Home Makeover) They have delicous food! We have two fabulous musicans coming, The Moleni Brothers and Cubworld ( you can google them and hear their music) There will also be Polynesian dancing and a silent auction and a raffle.  We have Jazz tickets, BYU Football tickets, personal training coupons, dog training coupons, massage therapy, retro aprons, quilts, running shirts, holly molly, we have got TONS of prizes and we are selling really cool tee-shirts for only $15. 

I would love for you all to come, I will be the one with the red hair in a Paul Alusa tee-shirt running around like a wild banshee!!!  Come Party with us!!!!

Oh, for those of you who haven't seen my earlier blog entries about Paul, he is my son-in-law who had a rugby accident that caused a massive stroke, we are trying raise money for his rehab and therapy. He had his accident on July 19, he was just released from the hospital last week, he is doing well with his physical rehab, but is still not speaking.

I cramed in a 3 mile run up the  Little Cottonwood trail. Life is super busy and of course I am dealing with PF, so my running week looks pathetic.  I am hoping I can get more miles in next week. 

I would love to come down and do Onion Days with you all, but I am not sure I can pull it off, I will just have to see how the weekend goes and make a last minute decsion.

Have a great weekend!!

Whimpy, whimpy, whimpy! I only did 5 miles on the Cottonwood Trail and mostly walked. The heels are doing pretty well and just want them to stay that way.  I only got in about 10 miles this week.  Next week I will try and increase it to 20 and see how that feels. 

Do you think Harold will miss me if I sneak off to Onion Days to do a 5K with the girls?  Maybe I could put some sleeping pills in his ice cream tomorrow night.