Monday, 8/10: I was feeling good and energized after my 8 mile run on Sunday. I went to Cycle Box over the noon hour, and was a little surprised over how fatigued I felt during the boxing portions of class. Overall though, it was class as usual. Mid-afternoon, while hanging out around the house with Ava and cleaning the kitchen, I started feeling a pain along the outside of my left foot. I didn't think too much of it, but it was noticeable for sure. I took Ava to gymnastics. It is about a block (half a block?) from the parking lot to the door of the Y; my foot felt okay walking that, but yet inside it was again noticeable. I told myself if I walked out with no pain, I'd run as planned that evening. If it hurt at all, I'd take the night off from running. Needless to say, I did not run that night.
Tuesday, 8/11: What I did not expect at all was to wake up this morning and barely be able to walk from our bedroom to the bathroom. I had to drop Ava off and be at work by 8, and I was limping everywhere I went. I had a 4 hour meeting at work, and I was hopeful that everything would take car of itself ..... it didn't. After much deliberation, I ended up going to urgent care that afternoon. I could handle the pain, but I was nervous about the fact that in less than 12 hours, I was unable to walk on it. Of course they did nothing. The NP told me it could be a stress fracture, but that would need 1-2 weeks to calcify enough to show up on an X-Ray. She told me to follow some precautions for a strained/sprained foot, and sent me limping back out the door. Kickboxing and kettle bells were off the table for the night, although I did think to myself that kettle bells was maybe low impact enough. (By themselves they probably are, but this class - kettle bell interval conditioning - probably not.)
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| how I spent most of Tuesday evening |
Wednesday, 8/12: The foot was feeling pretty much the same as Tuesday. The more I limped around the house throughout the morning and early afternoon, the more I was frustrated. I couldn't sit and keep it up consistently - I was home with a 5 year old. Who had kindergarten registration that afternoon. And gymnastics that evening. Clearly, limping the way I was, wasn't helping it heal. I ended up getting a hold of a friend who brought me over a pair of crutches to use. It made things look worse that they might have been, but at least when I had to be up moving around, I could keep some of the weight off. I did do TRX while Ava was at gymnastics. There were a few moves I modified, and when we did floor work, I didn't put my feet in the straps. At least it was something.
Thursday, 8/13: This was a planned rest day regardless, since we were heading up north for the weekend. I woke up and could walk around upstairs to pack without much difficulty. By the evening at my in-laws, I was using the crutches.
Friday, 8/14: After eating breakfast, Chad, Ava, my in-laws and I were headed even further up north for our weekend at the cabin. Although I could feel the pain much like I did on Monday, I was walking without a limp. Being just 20 minutes from Itasca State Park, I nearly snuck in a run or hike .... but played it safe.
Saturday, 8/15: Much like Friday, I was really tempted to drive over to Itasca to have some fun at my favorite state park. I was still limp free and feeling little to no pain. I.was.so.tempted. But - I went with my head instead of my heart, and stayed back to rest. At least riding 4-wheeler allowed me to rest my feet.
Sunday, 8/16: Was a planned rest/travel day anyway. I kept it as such.
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Totals:
2 group fitness classes (Cycle Box, TRX)
Time Training: 80 minutes
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I took my first run since Sunday, 8/9, last night. There were a few twinges here and there, but there were actually up higher on my ankle versus along the outside of my foot. I wonder if I wouldn't have been tuned in to my foot already if I would have even thought anything of it. It was a pretty good run, and I actually felt like I was pulling back and didn't have to push myself. The real test will come when I get moving today to see how things have held up. Not knowing what I really even did makes it hard to find a balance between babying it and jumping in too quickly. Hopefully, it was just a little bump in the road and we can put that behind us.
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