Maybe it was stupid, but I decided to try to run this morning. My legs felt a little more fatigued than yesterday, but I had high hopes when I got out of bed and didn't feel pain in my right foot. It had bothered me a little bit through the night, but felt fine in the morning. So I took my daughter to the gym, and warmed up on the elliptical with a 20 minute HIIT session. That didn't bother it, so I proceeded to the treadmill with the intention of doing 20 minutes of alternating walk/run every two minutes. The first run went well at 6 miles per hour, so on the second run I bumped it up to 6.5. Then the foot started to ball up again. Bummer. I did one more run at 6 MPR, then decided I'd better be smart and let things heal a little more. Anyway, I got a mile in, which was something. I do think that it's just a muscle cramp or something that will go away when my muscles are rested up, and I'll probably be fine in a few days. Yay!
After the gym, I had a massage.... :D
Then this evening Ben and I headed off to the pool to get a few laps in. I swam 20 lengths, followed it up with 100 yards freestyle, 75 yards legs only, 50 yards drill and 25 yards sprint, repeated with back, freestyle again, and then breaststroke. Then I finished it off with 20 more lengths freestyle. It was just the right amount for a nice marathon recovery. | 