I was out learning how to surf yesterday and a sting ray got my foot. The initial sting did not hurt too bad, but about 5 minutes later the pain set in. The instructor walked me to the lifeguard station and I sat there for 20 minutes soaking my foot in the hottest water they could give me. When my daughter finished we both went back to our rental. It took about 5 minutes to walk there and it was some pretty intense pain. When we got there I soaked my foot for the next 2 hours in hot water and it made everything feel much better. I got up this morning and the foot felt good so I decided to run. I could tell putting on my shoe there was some swelling, but nothing too bad. I did a 4 mile run and everything felt as good as can be expected. As I sit here now writing this, I am thinking running might not have been the best thing for me. It's pretty swollen now and painful to move. I'm hoping it will feel better tormorrow. I was going to do my long run tomorrow, but I'm thinking that might be wishful thinking. I'll play it by minute. In the end though, it was totally worth it. I really want to learn to surf and I loved every minute I was out learning and can't wait to do it again.
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