June 26, 2010

As you may notice, I waited until the last possible day in this week to make it out to the bridge.  I have an excuse.

This may look like your standard left foot, and even without the hot pink Nike Free it looks totally normal.  But it doesn't feel normal.

Last Sunday I was out practicing softball with my husband and his dad - you know, the ultimate father's day activity.  It was going really well until one of the grounders took a bad hop, I had my glove in the totally wrong place and the ball hit the inside of my left foot hard.  It immediately hurt, but I played on.  When we got home I mowed the lawn.  Then when I stopped moving, the pain got a lot worse.  Monday, I went to the doctor and got an X-ray (the "I have insurance and I might as well use it" mindset at its best).  Of course, nothing was broken but my doctor said to take it easy.

So, I've been taking it easy all week.  I stopped limping by Tuesday but decided to keep resting the foot. It's a good thing I did.  As soon as I started running this morning the pain came back.  I thought about turning around...frequently.  But I also owed you a picture of the bridge for this week.

As I write this post,  I am icing and elevating that silly left foot.

By The Numbers:
Time of Day: 9:16 AM
Miles: 5:81
Pace: 10:04 min/mi (big improvement not sure why)
Temperature at run finish: 83