"A Hefty Hunk Of Steamin Junk"

I ran out to Payson Park via canal road this morning and the old achillies felt pretty good on the way out but then it started to bother me towards the end. I'm not sure what to do at this point, I will probably continue to run but cut back a little bit on the mileage and then do the elliptical to off set what I can't do running. I jumped on the elliptical after the run for 10 minutes and then I finished up with some strength training on my upper body and then some push-ups. My average pace for the run was 8:29  with the total time being 1:00:15, I was really doing well on the way out, everything felt really good so I hope I can slowly get this thing to heal up as I go, I iced really well after the run and I am taking some Aleve so hopefully between the two I can get better.

See ya tomorrow.

It looks like I might be out longer than I thought! After yesterdays run my achillies started to get sore again and now today I'm limping again and it is hurting pretty good. Could be a month, hopefully not more than that and that takes me out of the Hobbler Half Next month;( It could mean no marathon this year too which would cause me to be very disappointed! At this point it seems like just tendonitis but I will have to see what the PT says and then go from there, I am icing dailey and trying to take it easy but  I have become very moody and my poor wife is ready to beat me. Running clears my head and helps me deal with the stresses in my life and with out that it will be very difficult for me to releave that stress, this is so frustrating!!! I'll have a better idea where I'm at when and if I can get into a PT.

Later.

I'm still taking it easy, it seems to be getting better as far as walking is concerned but as soon as I start running I can still feel the pain, all though it is getting less... I was able to walk 18 holes of golf today at Hobble Creek, so 5.50 miles, with no pain but as I walk backwards I can feel it so I know its still there. It doesn't hurt to swing the golf club, which is a good thing cuz if I couldn't play golf I truly would be going crazy!!! I miss running period! Its seems like forever ago when I ran on Monday, this really sucks I just want to get better so I can maybe run SG, I'm not asking for a lot here. I shot 73 today and yesterday I shot 72 so at least I'm playing alright, I won't mention what I shot on Monday because it was the worst round of golf I have shot in a long while, since I was 10 probably. Oh well when it rains it pours, right?

Later.