Sunday, 31 October 2010

It's back...

On Wednesday I had an appointment with Ms Physio. It was really positive as there seemed to be no recurrence of foot pain, and she said I should keep doing what I'm doing, building the miles slowly and icing the foot after running. As I left we both said we hoped not to see each other for a while!

So on Friday morning I got up at 6.30am again, and went for my second 3-mile run since starting again. It was fine, although I felt as though as I was running fairly fast, assuming I was well under 9 min/miles, but when I looked, I averaged 9.09m/m. I iced the foot like a good girl, and went about my day...

Then on Saturday Pete dragged me off to a running shop (Me: 'Oh go on then'). He got some high visibility stuff, and I decided I could do with another pair of running tights. As we were browsing away, I started to notice that my heel was hurting again. As the day went on, it kept hurting, it hurt when I went to bed, and it still hurt when I got up this morning.

I had planned to run 4 miles or so, but I switched to the bike instead. I don't know what's gone wrong - I've been doing everything so carefully, and it was over 30 hours after Friday's run that it started to hurt. I've kept wearing shoes during the day, not going barefoot, as instructed. I wear trainers most of the time to support the foot as much as possible. The only other thing I can do is stop running again...pah.

Anyway, I had a good cycle in the sun, I did 12 miles and it was a glorious day. I'll play it by ear, and if the foot feels better tomorrow, I might try a run on Tuesday.

In other news, I've been celebrating Halloween for the first time! When I was a kid it was never a big deal, but the kids had 2 parties to go to this week! They've had a great time dressing up, and they made pumpkins with Pete, and I even made pumpkin soup for dinner with the innards!














I need my little witch and wizard to sort out a magic spell to make my foot better and get me running properly again. Heel Reparo! Plantar Fasciitis Evictus! Stupid Pain Awayo!
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6 comments:

  1. ajh31 October 2010 at 22:26

    Good luck with the heel pain. Love your kids costumes!

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  2. Char1 November 2010 at 00:19

    No, no, no, no! It's not fair that the pain is back. You've been such a good patient. I hope it doesn't last long.

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  3. Average Woman Runner1 November 2010 at 04:24

    Draft! I'm so sorry about your foot. Do you have access to an accupunturist? That plantar fascitis is really the devil. I've struggled with it off & on for years and so far, it seems that yoga & hip strengthening exercises help the most...but it never really goes away completely. :( Will work on that spell...

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  4. Amy1 November 2010 at 08:00

    Oh no! That's bad news...so unfair!

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  5. Johann1 November 2010 at 13:55

    Hope this sorts out soon! Hang in there and take it easy. Have a good week!

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  6. ajh2 November 2010 at 00:11

    I last ran on Sept. 1. I am getting a cortisone shot on Nov. 15 and will see when I should run after that. I haven't talked about this on my blog as I don't want a lot of people telling me it is stupid or they don't work. My other option was surgery which I am so not ready for. MY PT told me if it was her this is what she would try. Sometimes it works and sometimes not. It is worth a shot no pun intended.

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