Winning Back What I Lost

So yesterday I decided that I've got to do something about the swelling in my ankle.  It's not overly painful but it's preventing me from properly stretching my left calf b/c when I do so I get this intense pain in my achilles down to my heel.  So I schedule a 1 hr massage over my lunch hour.  I didn't ask for the same gal that I got last time (August '08)- big mistake.  She was gentle and the gal I got yesterday must be some sort of closet sadist.  OMG was it painful!  It literally felt like she was stabbing me w/ a knife and twisting it into my femur very slowly.  She would find a pressure point and then go to work and each time she did I would just bury my face into the pillow and scream inside my head.  Apparently, my calves and quads were very tight.  After she was done I thought about pressing charges but decided that she would probably use my consent against me in court.  Damn!!!   The pain has not alleviated but rather has just moved down to my heel and has in fact become more bothersome.  Hopefully, this means that she opened up a pathway for these toxins to vacate through my heel????? 

Early AM workout on the T/M:  3 mile tempo run at 8:34 pace.  I was completely wasted by the end I attribute most of this to the fact that I've been "backed up" for days and its making me feel rather lethargic and queasy.  Nonetheless, I can't believe how far I've regressed since my injury.  I was doing longer tempo runs at a 7:45 clip last year.  I also weighed about 15 lbs less last year.  Down to 187 lbs now and my goal is to be below 170 lbs by the time Robie Creek rolls around in mid April and at 165 lbs in time for the Ogden Marathon in mid May.  Ultimately, I think maintaining my weight at somewhere between 160-165 will be ideal for me to run at my potential and lessen the risk of injury.