September 14th, Thursday

Forty minutes of work in the pool this evening swimming and running.

A quick story of how confusing and frustrating my issues are with my feet these days…………. Yesterday at cross country practice I jogged about 800m while I was timing some of the repeats for my small group of Killer B’s.  While jogging I was pleasantly surprised that I had no discomfort in my feet thinking, ” I may be getting adjusted and acclimated to these new orthotics.”  Then I wake up this morning with a great deal of discomfort and pain in both of my feet. So then I say to myself, ” Screw these freaking orthotics . They are no damn good. All they do is hurt my feet and I’m never going to wear them again.”  Then I decide to put on my other pair of running shoes and realize that the orthotics are in fact in them. So yesterday I was not running with orthotics in my trainers, which means that they were not responsible for the soreness in my feet this morning after all.

The upshot of all this is that I now know nothing, except maybe that running hurts my feet these days and I have no effective response.

I feel like my feet are a total mess  I have not experienced this much foot discomfort at any time  since I started running 5 years ago . So my latest plan, devised a few hours ago, is to swim and ride by bike for the foreseeable future and wear the orthotics while walking for a few hours a day.  I should be able to access over time whether the orthotics are harming or helping my feet. At the same time I can give my nagging plantar fascia and annoying Achilles tendon time to heal completely. Swimming, biking, water running and weightlifting should keep me fit during this temporary running sabbatical.

Stats –

I-Mad = 5?

.  I-Mid = 7/8. This is on the heel pad not the instep.?

WEIGHT = #154

SLEEP = 7 HOURS

a.m.HR = 54BPM

Workout = 40 minutes swimming and running in the pool ?