keeping on

last sunday, six days ago, i went to the gym and did a fairly typical workout. it involved slightly more being on the ball of my foot than many workouts i do, but nothing memorable. that night my right foot was kind of sore, where the toes meet the foot.

and it's been sore every since. FUCK.

... there's been a little bit of bruising. there has been much ice, much speculating, much fretting. however, i have also run twice and it has seemed ok? i don't know. and i think it is very gradually getting better.

tuesday i went on a running/drinking run? a hash, if that means anything to you. it was my first time, and i think it's fair to say it's not my thing, but many of people were great. i like my beer *after* the run, and i like to run continuously. if you are starting and stopping the whole time, surely you are just amplifying the traffic lights, stop signs, and other worst parts of every road run? ... anyway. there was some running, maybe 3 miles total (or more?) and the foot felt the same as the previous several days.

i didn't run again until today, despite life events we will ignore here that were really crying out for a damn run. but no, i did other things and waited for today, when i went for about a 6 mile run. it was humid. SO HUMID. it even rained at some point, which was great because it meant the water in the air was actually doing something with itself. ... i ran slow but fairly steady. i was worried there would be foot pain but... yeah, i don't know. there was some, but not a lot, and over the run it if anything got better rather than worse. i don't know, i don't know.

anyway. i keep moving. it is 3 ish week until Hood To Coast and i am getting worried about how that's going to play out... some doubles are necessary, and i need to know that my foot isn't going to break off. also we have to move between now and then, assuming we actually get to own our house... right, so. i will focus on the fact that i got a good endorphin kick today despite insane humidity and cranky body parts, and that will be enough to keep on keepin' on.

friday night flight

that feeling where you start running, and various things hurt to various degrees, and they need some attending to, but the overall fact is that you can run, and run slightly hard, and do it for an hour and not get tired, and want to do it for an hour more.

that feeling that you are BACK!

also, the realization that it's probably because it was evening and only 17C, as opposed to like 30C and blazing sun. and as for the things that hurt, they may need a little coddling this weekend. some weird foot thing. ice and pilates, maybe swimming.

but whatever. focus on the feeling BACK! ... hood to coast is in less than a month and i'm teaching cardio kickboxing and we're moving and everything's happening. but it's going to be good! run on.