December 11th and 12th, Tuesday and Wednesday 

At times like this I must remember;

Tuesday– I had to abort  my run today because of a surprise, sharp  pain in my right foot.  I was on the cinder track and felt very good until the pain came.  My goal was only to run 3 miles at a comfortable pace.  It was very cold.  The first two laps were jog, walk, jog,  The pain came on the 4th lap. I originally thought it was a cramp, but that changed. The troubling issue was that the pain did not dissipate when I stopped. It hurt all night.  But I did go to the club in the evening to swim and run in the pool for 30 minutes.  I came to fear that it was a stress fracture or a stress reaction in one of the small foot bones because I did find a tender spot on the top of my instep.  I took a couple of ibuprofen before bed.  Not happy….

Wednesday – My foot felt much better today. I had no pain in walking.  Did not try to run today, but went to the club for about an hour of work on weights and in the pool.  Still taking ibuprofen today. I am hoping that this event falls into that a new category of running injury known as a stress reaction.  If that is the case, a few days off and cross training should solve the problem. I don’t think I’m going to be out of commission as a runner for weeks as a result of this.  My spirits are llifted !

Stats are good!