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| I know, must starting toning up those arms! Ugh! |
Or was this morning's run good?
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| That's better, arms in, no flubber showing. |
YOU GUESSED IT! This morning's run was GREAT! No foot pain at all, and it felt good. I did 2.75 miles, felt like I could have gone longer except it was getting hot.
Saw one of the doctors on Tuesday and explained what's been happening with my foot/nerve pain.
And this is what he told me. One, continue taking the increased dosage on the medication if I need it, and he could actually increase the dosage more if I needed to during training.
Two, he told me he believes I was overtraining, putting too many miles on the foot, that the tendon might still be weak, and that I should slow it down until I get closer to my event, and then search online for a good 8 or 10 week training program for a half marathon, that at least it's the half-marathon and not the full marathon. Hee hee. I said to him, "No. That's next year. " You should have seen the look on his face then!
Three, he told me that he knows that runners can be very dedicated to their passion for running, but that if I continue to have the problem, I should probably "find another passion". Hell no! I'll do what I have to do, take it easy, follow a slower training program, treat the foot well, run trails instead of asphalt and blacktop, and I WILL GET ACROSS THAT FINISH LINE!
All in all, I feel at this point that this doctor has no desire to help me meet my goals. So I may have to find someone else, maybe someone who specializes in sports medicine, someone who's interested in keeping me running.
In other news, finally had a good weigh-in at the scale this past Saturday. Hoping for another this week. Feeling good. Drinking lots of water and eating lots of fruit, taking my vitamins. So hopefully, I'm once again back on track and hitting the happy trails!
