Here is a photo of my foot (insert sad face here). Bill has it taped up to keep the swelling down and I am icing it with a bag of frozen sweet corn (which Karl has repeatedly tried to eat). I ran 7.5 miles last night and it went okay. It did hurt, but it was tolerable. Today, I am back to icing and keeping it elevated as much as possible. It hurts a little bit to walk around on it. If I have it up with ice on it, I can get up and walked around for about 5 minutes before I start to feel it. I am pretty sure it's just a strain of the arch of the foot. It will heel. It's just going to take time, and obviously I worry about losing my fitness as it heels, but I will take it day by day. I know I am not running today and I won't run tomorrow. We'll see how it feels by Sunday.
I am wondering if I can bike. I have a great spinning bike, but I'm not sure if pedaling with irritate my foot or not. It's a lower impact activity, but I am thinking it might still put too much pressure on the arch. Only one way to find out...As for cross-training, I know I can't walk and I have trouble finding a place to lap swim. If I have to be off more than a few days, my best bet might be the spinning bike if it doesn't aggravate the injury.
I'm bummed about this, but it's not like I have some sort of serious, life-threatening condition.
The good news is that I have a diversion---the Olympics start tonight! I have always loved the Olympics and I've been looking forward to them since...the last Olympics.
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