Ugly Toes

Jon asked in a comment if I've been doing any strength training for my ITB. I've mainly just been stretching and taking ibuprofen. I did order a foam roller yesterday, so as soon as that arrives I'll be adding massage into my routine. I also ordered a half roller, too. I hope to add weight lifting back into the mix next month, and the half roller will enable me to do the single leg exercises that my old trainer gave me.

I went downstairs to run after work today. My ITB was sore yesterday, for most of the day. It felt somewhat better today, but I had told the Engineer that if was still sore I probably wouldn't run. I started running, and while it wasn't painful, it was noticeable. (Maybe not the best explanation). So I cut it short at 1 mile, and decided to cross-train on the elliptical. I haven't ellipticalled in a really long time, and I think I got in a decent workout. I did 30 minutes of random hills at level 15. I'll evaluate my leg tomorrow and decide if I'll run or XT again. But I am thinking of maybe just running 4 days a week instead of 5 for right now.

In addition to the ugly toe on my right foot, I have an owie toe on my left foot. Same toes, different feet. The owie is currently fluid under the nail; the ugly toe originally had a blister under it before I lost the nail. I wore seamless socks today, but in general just wearing socks kind of irritates it. Stupid toes.

treadmill | 1 mile | 9:22/mi.

elliptical | Random @ L15 | 30:00 | 2.06 mi. | 469 cal.