Long Run

Now, compared to Blink, I am no endurance runner. (Check his blog for his latest running craziness.) However, Saturday I completed my 10 mile long run in 1:38 min. This is maybe the farthest I have ever run, I also didn't have to stop once. I settled into a nice easy 9:40 or so pace and just comfortably held it. I had some minor pain/tightness in both of my Achilles tendons but nothing unmanageable. I ate a bowl of oatmeal about 45 minutes before I left as suggested by Blink and it went great. I had initially planned to run two 5 mile loops, circling by my house to drop off the dog and get some water but I ended up doing more of an out and back. Never fear, the dog was fine and led the way the entire run. She is in great shape!

Anywho, I got back home had a nice day with my husband and settled in to watch the smashing I knew was coming to the Huskers when my foot started to ache. I ran down and got an ice pack (like the good little PT that I am) and iced it 15 min on, 20 min off for most of the 1st half. Still hurt the next morning so I iced again before church and then later in the day. It didn't hurt bad enough that I had to stay home from paintball though. (If you have never played and you like to get dirty like I do, then you should definitely try it, it was a BLAST!) Anywho, I did an ultrasound on it this morning at work and then iced during our staff meeting. I also didn't run on it the last two days and will most likely be swimming and riding the next couple of days. Shoot, and I was so proud of myself for my run.



I am pretty sure that it is an acute tendinitis or something similar. It hurts right where the peroneus longus and brevis lines are on the image above. It doesn't hurt to just stand on and there is only one motion that hurts it specifically when I am walking. No big deal, just a good reminder to be nice to your body or it will tell you how mad it is at you. More ultrasound and ice tomorrow and soon we will be as good as new.

Later