Got up at 4am to test to see if I could run 16 miles with Bill and Barry this morning. I ran two painful miles on my right foot near the heel, by the heel, below the heel whatever. Anyway my legs wanted to take off but can't do much when your hurting. I did 2.12 miles at a 7:23 pace in 15:41. I could have probably done 16 miles and sacrificed probably not running the rest of the year. I did like that idea. I've ran with pain several times and it's no fun. My plan is get an acupuncture at 3:30am today. Then take three day-off and just do cross-training on the sitdown bike, because it has less pressure than the elipitical and arc trainer. Oh well I tried. I guess I'll go back to bed for a while. God does now what he's doing in my life and he'll heal me when its his time. You have to have a good attitude and faith. I'm going to have some good races this year because I'm allowing God to direct my steps not me. Later in the morning: After I slept till almost 7am and after the devotion I decided to hop on the home treadmill just to see if my foot hurt worse on the road or on the treadmill. It didn't matter, but it did feel like it hurt worse on the Treadmill. At one point I cracked it up to 5:30 pace for one minute and the pain didn't feel as bad at that speed. Anyway I did another 2.23 miles over 16 minutes.
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