Weekly Rundown- Back to Normal(ish)
Happy Sunday everyone! This week started with some pool running because my plantar fasciitis flared up, and ended with a ten mile trail run. I’m back, and it feels good. I’m linking up with Kim and Deborah for the Weekly Rundown. Let’s get to it! Monday Day off, and I was in a BAD MOOD. My foot was hurting, and it had been so good! I couldn’t figure out what I had done wrong… it felt okay at the beginning of last week but my PF flared up with a vengeance on Friday. Hmmm. All would be revealed soon though… Tuesday Three mile run in the morning, and it hurt. Sob. I followed that run with Runner’s Touch exercise. My foot was so bad that I was pretty sure some pool running was in my future, but ironically, we had a weird “cold front” come through with several nights down to the 50s. That’s cold for us in April, and it made the pool cold. Sigh. I decided to do a chilly 30 minute pool run in the afternoon, as I felt the pool would be a little warmer than it would be Wednesday morning. No photo because well, just like pool running is boring, photos of pool running are also boring. Wednesday I did the Gauntlet Plank workout in the morning, and this was the day I had an epiphany. I talked in this post about my swollen “Covid arm,” the general malaise I felt last week after my first Moderna shot, which “coincided” with my foot flaring up again. Duh- it was the shot. Since then I’ve talked to several people who had different things flare up in their body after getting their shot, which can cause inflammation throughout the body. Of course, some people have nothing, but I wasn’t one of those lucky ones. Realizing this actually made me feel much, much better. It wasn’t anything I did to my foot and it wouldn’t be permanent- I just had to wait for this inflammation to die down. Knowing that, I did a short two mile run in the afternoon- it hurt a bit but I felt that it was better to keep things stretched out. Thursday My schedule these days is to reserve Thursdays for lifting only and I usually do squats and deadlifts on this day. But, I woke up with a very sore adductor on my right side. Believe it or not, I think it was the pool running. To make it less boring I did some intervals where I tucked my arms into my flotation belt, which really taxes your legs. I think I tweaked that adductor while doing that. Yes, only I can hurt myself running in the pool! To be on the safe side, I did upper body only – pushups (my “ten down” routine) and pull-ups. Friday YAAAAAAAAAY! My foot was starting to feel better and I ran three miles. Saturday My foot felt pretty much back to normal (which for me means, it hurts when I first wake up and if I’ve been sitting for any length of time, but loosens up as soon as I move around) so I ran another three miles. My adductor was still a little sore but it didn’t affect my running, and I wanted to keep it that way so I skipped any strength work. Sunday Back to the trail! This felt so. good. I didn’t do a long(ish) run last week so it’s been two weeks since I was on the trail. I missed it so much! I stuck to ten miles, but I’m itching to run farther. I found a new podcast called Humans of Ultrarunning hosted by Candace Burt. They talk about things like 200 mile races, running the 800-mile Arizona trail… stuff like that. I love hearing stories like these, and it makes ten miles feel like nothing. So this turned into a good week of running! Strength was a little lacking, but I’ll get back to that next week. I know some people responded to the first post on this subject, but anyone else have any strange reactions to the Covid vaccine? Anyone have any great podcasts to recommend? I’ve been in a podcast rut lately and need new ideas.