Still Not Running

I'm still fighting an ankle injury. It's not hurting as bad as it has been. I played golf yesterday and I'm not hobbled this morning so that is a good sign. I plan on starting some cross training at the gym starting today so I don't lose all my fitness. I am still hoping for a return to running on June 1st so I have really turned up the dial on my diet. I am trying to eat far more fruits, veggies and beans and less breads and pasta than I have been eating. I'm hoping that a decrease in my weight might help me to not re-injure my ankle. Less weight less stress on the ankle.

No Running

Ok, Let me just say I hate being old. My ankle has been sore for a month. Everytime I run it takes me 2 or three days of rest to be able to walk without a limp. When I was younger a few days and I was good to go. I am going to wait until I feel 100% to start running again. I took off for about 2 weeks before and tried to run and the pain came back. It's been about 2 weeks since my last run and I am still sore trying to walk.

This week I am going to start walking and next week I am going to hit the gym and do some cross training while I'm not running. My goal is to be running the 1st of June but we will have to wait and see on that goal.

Post Race Doldrums

I finally got my official results from the race, 28:47, I set a 9:18 pace. Then the next day I was on a high from the race and ran 3.5 miles at an easy pace. Then a pain on the top of my foot started hurting. I thought it was a stress fracture, but after much research I found out it was less serious. It's supposed to be like plantar fasciitis but due to running barefoot it affects the top of the foot. So I have not ran in a couple of weeks to give it a rest. It feels much better today and I played golf yesterday with no problems. We have strong storms coming today and tomorrow, so I plan on waiting until Tuesday to get started back. At when I start running again it won't be to break any records, it will be to just run.

I finally loaded an image and that was at a Turkey Trot run for education last Fall. That was the first 5K my son had ever ran, and I am very proud that he finished without walking.

In an effort to go barefooted more often, I wore water shoes all day one day and on the weekends I try not to wear shoes unless I'm playing golf. I thought my feet would be sore and my back would hurt. The bottom of my feet were a little tender but they didn't hurt and my back felt great. So I'm waiting for summer so I can go barefooted everyday.

Next week I am hoping to take some pictures of where I run and post on the site. Keep running.