"A Hefty Hunk Of Steamin Junk"

My left foot is still killing me from the PF, the shot seemed to work for a couple of days but now it is more painful than before the shot! I tried the elliptical but it still was aggravating it, and then I tried to run on it and that wasn't even an option, it hurt. So I might be icing this whole week and then massaging with a tennis ball trying to work it out, I know running is out of the question. One good thing is my hip is really feeling good so that is a good thing. I am just slightly bummed about this, I mean I had planned on taking some time off after the marathon anyway, so I might just take the rest of this month and try and get it to heal up and then start back into it next month... Its just hard to take alot of time off, and the elliptical just doesn't do it for me and running helps me to deal the stresses that life deals out and helps me keep it all in prospective. I hope it heals up quickly:-)

I will take it a day at a time and then just see how it goes, see ya tomorrow.

Rest....

Still resting my foot, and it seems to be on the mend but I will wait until I feel confident that it is well on its way to recovery before I start to run again. No cross training either as that seems to bother it as well, I am continuing to message with a tennis ball and then icing as much as I can possible stand. I'm going a little bit nuts sleeping in more than usual and I can't wait until I can get back on the training wagon, its been pretty tough laying off but its something that I feel I need to do. My hip and groin seem to be feeling really good, so that is a real good sign so if I can just hang in there and not go to crazy I should be in good shape in another week, hopefully.

Still resting the foot. I know my hip is feeling better because I played golf today and there was no pain, so now I am just waiting on the foot to heal up and I should be good to go! It is feeling better than it has, I messaged with the tennis ball tonight and there was minimal pain so that is a good sign. We will see what tomorrow brings. I was able to vote early yesterday and that was a good thing to get out of the way as my wife and I will be out of town the week of the election.

See ya tomorrow.

My foot feels really good today but I still did not run on it I am thinking that maybe tomorrow I will give it a try and see how it goes. I am kind of getting excited to see how it does mainly because my hip seems like it is finally healed up and my groin is feeling good too, so I will see how it goes and then let you know.

See ya tomorrow.

I ran out to Mini GU corner to test out the foot and it felt pretty good going out but then on the way back it started to get sore again and by the time I got back it was hurting again:-( I had some marathon pace miles in there that felt pretty good, other than my foot was sore and those were; Mile 1 8:12, mile 4 7:50, and then I did a half mile pickup (7:25 mile pace). Total time was 52:02 average pace was 8:35 with my heart rate average at 154...

My legs felt really good and the hip was okay, but this PF is a weird injury and I need to find a combination of running and cross training that I can do until it heals up! When I got home I did some stretching and then I went down and did some strength training trying to work out the pain in the foot with some toe raises and then did my regular lower body workout. When I was done with that I hopped on the elliptical for 23 minutes, I kept my RPM above 100 and my heart rate was at 155 for 20 minutes and then I cooled down for 3 minutes, so a  pretty good workout all in all! I will have to see how my foot does throughout the day and then see how it is on Monday and then go from there. I will ice when I get done with this posting and see if that helps, I will also continue to message with the tennis ball twice a day to see if that can get it to heal... If anyone has any other advice out there I would be happy to here it, so feel free to comment.

See ya on Monday.

Asic 2130 (69) Blue

PM- Just a quick update on my foot and it is NOT good news. I am in alot of pain probably even more than before I had my shot last week, so that is not good!!! Hopefully by Monday it will be well enough to do the elliptical, but I won't hold my breath on that one! I could be out of commission for a good long while, at least as it looks right now. I will see how it feels tomorrow but I am betting that it will be even worse, see you then.