Friday Post #3

Injuries:

I do not know how many of you know this, but I recently finished my first half marathon. It was probably one of the most inspirational/fun/sucky/glad I did it, thing I have ever done!  It wasn't the best time training for it, I got bored a lot but kept training and everything paid off in the end.

After the half, my body felt great.  It felt like I could go out there in a couple days and do it again....except my feet!!!!  I could barely walk due to the agonizing pain in the bottoms and outsides of my feet.  I rode a lot of stationary bike and tried to do a few bootcamps but I just couldn't do it.  I decided that a good solid few days off from doing anything physical was in order.

That seemed to be the best decision.  This past monday the 16th I started back up working out everyday.  Of course in the middle of a workout one of my tendons that runs along the outer side of my left foot was pulled during one of the activities.  It hurts very badly and I decided again to take two days off.  It is really hard for me to even walk.  I'm getting a bucket with some cold water and ice and sticking my foot in there for 5 minutes on, 5 minutes off for 1 hr.  Hopefully that will get me healed before next week when I really start hitting it hard for the 8 week transformation challenge.

In the end I must say take injuries seriously.  It you don't take care of them and let them heal, they can turn chronic and you might have that pain for the rest of your life.  While I really do enjoy working out at Good Life Fitness, and running and getting back into shape/better shape than high school, I really must think of my health first.

Thanks for reading,

Tim