Ok, so I made it off the IC on Saturday with my little run, but over the last few days that low burning sensation below the balls of my feet started to emerge again, so I slowed down again my progress from the couch. Plan is now to not run more than twice in the week, short easy runs just to keep my metabolism up but being ultra-patient and listening to the needs of my right foot. So tomorrow is my next quicky run, and we’ll see how that feels.
It feels a bit like stop go stop go 🛑👍🏽🛑👍🏽, but that’s also, I guess, the life of a runner.
So the IC still has me a bit in its grips, but I am doing harder workouts, foot stretches, yoga as usual and even managed to get a couple of rowing sessions in since posting last. Annoying thing is that I can’t seem to connect my rower to Zwift, and I so would love to row in Zwift’s virtual Watopia world!
A very nice little motivational thing also happened today! My medal arrived, that from my penultimate 10k run that I did on Halloween, so just before heading to the injury couch. They’re quite a beauty and I’ll definitely will be wearing these with my halloween outfit next year!
They obviously took a pretty long time getting here from Europe. (I blame Brexit, sorry). But it was really nice holding these beauties in my hand, as evidence that there was indeed a time in 2021 where I ran a weekly 10k!
And I’m expecting also something else to arrive soon. I did the deed and ordered some lower drop trail shoes, to start mixing my heel drops up a bit on my runs! Exiting!
So keep on running everyone! And I love reading about everyone’s runs! It keeps me sane as I patiently navigate my own path between IC couch, workouts, runs, and new shoes!
Keep on keeping on!
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ALL LINKS TO MY RECOVERY POSTS:
So just to keep my links to my recovery couch available, here the links to the posts during the weeks on the injury couch. I’ve added a few terms to each link, as a means of reference:
Tales from the IC: Getting to know my Metatarsals (# 1) healthunlocked.com/bridgeto... (Metatarsalgia, fracture vs Morton’s Neuroma, shoes, barefoot and zero-drop shoes, exercises to strengthening toes)
Tales from the IC: zero-drop shoe quandaries (# 2) healthunlocked.com/bridgeto... (more about barefoot running, yoga for toes)
Tales from the IC: Reader, I ran today. (#3) healthunlocked.com/bridgeto... (trying out a short hill run, IPhone issues)
Tales from the IC : Stop Go Stop Go … (#4) healthunlocked.com/bridgeto... (back on the IC, waiting for last medals)
Tales from the IC : Baby (running) steps … (#5) healthunlocked.com/bridgeto... (trying out another mini run, ordering zero drop shoes)
Tales from the IC : Row Row Row your Run (#6) healthunlocked.com/bridgeto... (starting to row a runner on Zwift)
Tales from the IC : Festive Rowing-Run (#7) healthunlocked.com/bridgeto... (XMas, finished Zwift Running 101)
Tales from the IC : More Virtual Running Fun (#8) healthunlocked.com/bridgeto... (update on my rowing in all virtual races, also start of RowAlong 30x30)
Tales from the IC : Rowed runner intervals and hot lava! (#9) healthunlocked.com/bridgeto... (third week of daily rowing and missing running)
Tales from the IC (#10): Running vs Rowing. My experience of two different worlds healthunlocked.com/bridgeto... (differences between rowing and running, differences between different running vs rowing online communities, differences in stats)
Tales from the IC (#11): I dreamt I was running healthunlocked.com/bridgeto... (update on all virtual rowing challenges)
Tales from the IC (#12): Strong knees and cute toes healthunlocked.com/bridgeto... (finished Jan rowing challenges, starting to think how to get back to running)
Tales from the IC (#13): Running vs Rowing, muscley toes, and recovery plans healthunlocked.com/bridgeto... (recovery plans rowing and running, year goals)