Ugly Toes

70 degrees | wind 8 MPH | 83% humidity | cloudy -> sunny

I am supposed to be packing so that the Engineer and I can leave town. Instead I am sitting here, still in my running clothes, with frozen peas on my leg. That's right, not only do my toes hate me (ex: the blood blister) but today my leg decided to rebel again. I am so sick of this.

Since we are going out of town and my running options will be limited, I decided to do my long run today. I planned on 9-10, which seemed totally reasonable since I ran 7 on Saturday and was fine. And the first couple miles were fine, aside from slight foot tenderness. The ugly toe was covered with a much better band-aid than yesterday, so it wasn't a problem.

Then just before mile 6, my leg kind of locked up. I don't even know how to explain it. But it started in the shin, and then moved around to the calf muscle. I stopped to stretch it, in the hopes that would help. Then it started moving up my leg, to around my knee area. It reminded me of the marathon pain, so you can just imagine how happy I was to have that feeling! I kept stopping to stretch and things would be okay for a few feet and then would hurt again. I was so frustrated, and a few tears did escape during one stretch break. For the most part, I was able to keep running (I was just hoping the stretching would make it easier), and surprisingly, my pace wasn't that much slower. It just felt odd, especially when the pain moved up towards my hip. I have no idea where this is coming from, either. It did lessen some as I kept going, which was good. I'll have to see if it returns tomorrow when I attempt to go for a recovery run. I'll be heading back to the doctor if it does.

10.02 miles | 1:35:05 | 9:29/mi.