Today was all about recovery and redemption. Since yesterday's run went so poorly, I just wanted to lope along and enjoy running without any pressure. The temperature came down a bit too, which helped. I was pretty happy to be running at all this morning since I had a bit of a scare. Yesterday, during that bad run, I felt some pain in my foot, at the base of the big toe joint. I tend to get psychosomatic pains (TMS) from time to time, so at first I ignored it. I thought it came from hearing about Deena's foot, and just rolled my eyes and kept running. Then it got worse, so I stopped at a park and took off my shoe and sock to look at it. No swelling or redness, looked fine. "Yeah, it's a brain trick," and off I went. After a while the pain subsided. Well, last night at bedtime I looked down at my foot and the area that had been sore was totally black and blue. Yikes. I thought I'd have to skip a run or two, but I took some Motrin and set my alarm anyway, in hopes of an overnight improvement. Sure enough, I was pain free this morning, so I ran an easy course with no steep hills (avoiding push off) and did fine. I will probably take it easy on pace and hills again tomorrow, though longer miles. I still don't know why it was bruised, but I think I need new shoes. 20 minutes abs and weights
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