I returned from my month long trip excited that I still felt on track. I was busy getting all the laundry finished and the house in order, along with getting my classroom set up for school to start in just one week. I also made it out for a run around the subdivision, which was nice and comforting running the old familar route after the time on the road. Then, I went out for my next long run (15 miles). I was excited about reaching this new distance. This would be my farthest run to date. Dave and I set out on roads we have run before, just a new combination of the roads to make the distance we needed. The weather was nice and cool that Saturday morning, and it felt wonderful to be out running. I was following Jeff Galloway's run/walk/run plan for the longer runs. I ran 4 minutes, then at the beep of my watch, I would walk a minute then resume running. All was going well, then between mile 9 and 10, I felt discomfort in my left foot. I didn't notice twisting my foot or anything, it just started bothering me. My shoe was feeling tight up around the laces, so I stopped and loosened the laces and retied my shoe. My foot continued to bother me, so I tried walking 2 minutes for every 3 minutes of running. I also slowed down my running pace a bit. I finished the 15 miles, then had about 1/2 mile walk back to the car. As I was walking after the run, my foot continued to bother me more. When I returned to the car, I removed my shoe and noticed my foot looked a bit bruised and was beginning to swell. When we got home, I elevated and iced my foot. By that night, I could not walk on my foot at all. Dave watched me hopping and crawling around, so he went and bought a pair of crutches. Sunday morning (Augst 12, my birthday....of all days), I still could not walk at all, so we went to urgent care. The x-ray did not show any breaks, so they said it was a foot sprain. I had to use crutches for a couple of days and wear a post-op shoe on my foot. So during the two days of back to school meetings, I had to use crutches and hobble around on the post-op shoes. I had to wear the shoe for a week. Luckily, another teacher at school brought in a special scooter that I could use to get around for the week, because after one day of crutches my arms were sore!!
Week two, I've had to continue to wrap my foot with an ace bandage. It is still swollen, though there is not much of a bruise anymore. I'm doing some of the foot exercises to regain movement and strength in my foot, but it is still very uncomfortable. I feel a continuous discomfort in my foot. I don't know if I need to go back to a doctor or wait it out. When Dave hurt his ankle, he was out of running for about 7 weeks. I'm feeling very anxious after almost 2 weeks. I'm worried about how much I have lost after 2 weeks of not running...and how much it will take to build back up. Right now, I'm just having to wait and see. I'm also worried about keeping my weight under control. So far, it's okay....I'll just have to eat smarter and lighter until I can get running again....or find another exercise to do. So far, anything I have tried has still aggrevated my foot. I have to heal...I know that, but it's hard to just give it time!!
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