Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Failed Attempt
I hadn't run in about two weeks. Sunday, after I got home from the knitting store, Akiva called and asked if I wanted to go for a run. I did but I was nervous. Would the pain in my heel come back? Had I given it enough time to heal (no pun intended :) )? I hadn't had too much trouble in the past while so I thought I would give it a try.
So here's how it went:
Mile one: I was feeling good. I remembered that I like running. We ran the first mile in 9:30--a good pace for me.
Mile two: the pain came back. It was hard to put any pressure on the right foot. I was very frustrated. There was no way I was going to do more than two miles. How on earth did I do thirteen? I limped the rest of the way home disappointed.
What to do? I am sort of impatient but I feel that I am forced to wait. A guy in my lab told me to see a doctor. I am not sure a doctor would tell me anything except to stop running for a while. Some "almost" doctors have diagnosed me as having plantar fasciitus. Perhaps. But there's not much to do about that but wait.
So in the meantime I took a Pilates class. Maybe Wednesday a yoga class. Someone told me to go to the pool and "run" in the pool. It builds strength for when I get back to running on the road. We'll see about that one...
So here's how it went:
Mile one: I was feeling good. I remembered that I like running. We ran the first mile in 9:30--a good pace for me.
Mile two: the pain came back. It was hard to put any pressure on the right foot. I was very frustrated. There was no way I was going to do more than two miles. How on earth did I do thirteen? I limped the rest of the way home disappointed.
What to do? I am sort of impatient but I feel that I am forced to wait. A guy in my lab told me to see a doctor. I am not sure a doctor would tell me anything except to stop running for a while. Some "almost" doctors have diagnosed me as having plantar fasciitus. Perhaps. But there's not much to do about that but wait.
So in the meantime I took a Pilates class. Maybe Wednesday a yoga class. Someone told me to go to the pool and "run" in the pool. It builds strength for when I get back to running on the road. We'll see about that one...
