Extra workout & the nephew

I don't know how I did it. I ran 8 miles on Saturday and then I hiked around Maquoketa Caves State Park and went spelunking. Holy cow!! I went through some really tiny places. Quite the workout that's for sure!!









Pictures from the day:


My nephew is now bald. Well, almost. His mother was giving him a hair cut today and apparently he moved and buzzz, a chunk was gone. This is going to be like last year. My nephew is very blonde. So last year at the St. Jude Half Marathon, his hair was shaved very closely like that and while we were going through the Expo, people were looking at him. He looked like he had cancer and had lost all his hair. So I'm sure that this is going to happen to him again this year. I'm sure going through the Expo, this will happen again. People sure were treating me differently when they saw him. I really like his hair longer! It's so cute and blonde!

Categories: Brent, nephew, pictures, St. Jude Marathon

Final long run; Countdown: 7 days

Today was my final long run of the training. And it went well! Couldn't complain at all.

I even used my new Under Armor head gear and it worked out well too.

I ran 8 miles, 1/3 of the marathon (minus 2 miles). 1:15:15. Not too shabby. I even managed a faster last 2 miles than the previous two! That was a surprise outcome!

I hope I'm ready. GAME ON!

Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 0 ft Location: Evansdale, IA Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 11/29/08 Up/Downhill: [+0/-0] Time: 09:20 AM Difficulty: 0 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 8.00 miles Time: 1:15:16 Speed: 6.4 mph Pace: 9' 25 /mi Calories: 831 Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 9' 11 -0' 14 6.5 +0.2 -- ft 2 9' 20 -0' 05 6.4 +0.0 -- ft 3 9' 20 -0' 05 6.4 +0.0 -- ft 4 9' 26 +0' 01 6.3 -0.0 -- ft 5 9' 40 +0' 15 6.2 -0.2 -- ft 6 9' 42 +0' 17 6.2 -0.2 -- ft 7 9' 35 +0' 10 6.3 -0.1 -- ft 8 9' 08 -0' 17 6.6 +0.2 -- ft Versus average of 9' 25 min/mile

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Categories: 8 miles, Iowa

Thanksgiving Day Run

Well, after my tough run on Tuesday at the YMCA on the treadmill, I wanted to run here in Iowa. So off I went on Thursday morning later than I had planned. I wore Under Armor leggins, a UA cold weather shirt and my jacket on top of that. Then my gloves, fleece hat and my fleece neck gaiter.

I took off to the bike path (a rails-to-trails project) and ran around a lake. It was 2.14 miles for one loop. Around 1.5 miles I took off my gloves. My neck gaiter I had to keep pulling up and down though. The fleece was making my breath stay in the gaiter and the moisture too, which was then hot and warm going into my lungs. It would also get too hot at times and hard to breath. So then I would pull it down and the air would be all cold and my face would get cold again. It was not fun. The sun was shining very brightly and I actually started to get quite warm out there but I kept my jacket on.

So today, dealing with the Black Friday madness, stopped off at a sporting goods store. I found a few moisture wicking face masks however when I pulled it down under my jaw, it would be tight and I think hard to run with it. Finally located the Under Armor mask and tried it on. It's made so that if you want to pull it down, you can just pull it down and there's enough loose fabric that it just sits under the chin. Very nice indeed!!

So tomorrow will be my 8 mile run. I think I'll wear my Warm Weather shirt under my jacket instead of the Cold Weather shirt. Last big run before the marathon! Then next week is just Monday & Tuesday & Wednesday at work. Here's my running schedule:
Monday: 3mi
Tuesday: 4mi
Thursday: 2mi
Friday: a lot of walking at the St. Jude Expo and St. Jude Hospital tour.
Saturday: 26.2

I'll write more about the events planned for that weekend next week. :-)

Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 834 ft Location: -- Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 11/27/08 Up/Downhill: [+52/-52] Time: 09:20 AM Difficulty: 2.0 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 5.00 miles Time: 0:47:14 Speed: 6.3 mph Pace: 9' 27 /mi Calories: 518 Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 8' 58 -0' 29 6.7 +0.3 -6 ft 2 9' 36 +0' 09 6.2 -0.1 +6 ft 3 9' 33 +0' 06 6.3 -0.1 -7 ft 4 9' 31 +0' 04 6.3 -0.0 +4 ft end 9' 37 +0' 10 6.2 -0.1 +3 ft Versus average of 9' 27 min/mile

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Categories: 5 miles, accessories, Iowa, St. Jude Marathon

Countdown: 11 days

GREAT NEWS!!

You can now follow my times as I cross certain parts of the race. This is the first time that it's been offered for St. Jude Memphis Marathon AND only available to St. Jude Heroes. I used it this year to follow a few runners in the Chicago Marathon and it worked out great! You can do this via email OR text messages!

Split times are at 10k (6.2 miles), halfway (13.1 miles), 30k (between 18 & 19 miles) and finish 42.1k (26.2 miles).

This is awesome as it will help my supporters keep track of me! The races are sold out; 5k (3,000), half marathon (8.000) & marathon (3,000) so it'll be a bit busy out there.

YAY!!

Special invitation to sign up for runner tracking
We are pleased to announce a special service to St. Jude Heroes only - runner tracking! You can invite your friends and family to receive updates on your progress via text, e-mail or pager alerts on race day. At strategic places along the course your time, pace and predicted finish will be sent to friends and family signed up to receive the alerts. Best of all, this service is free.

Forward these instructions to friends and family interested in following you during the race:

1. Visit http://www.doitsports.com/results/MSG-signup.tcl?sub_event_id=1321.
2. In the middle of the form beneath the heading "You Must Login," enter your e-mail address and create a password.
   *This is so you can return to make changes or track other participants at a later time. Privacy Policy.
3. Search for the race participant by entering their name and clicking Search.
4. Click on the name of the participant in the search results.
5. Specify how you would like to receive alerts (at your e-mail address, mobile phone number or pager).
6. Select whether you want to receive an alert at all available points along the race or at the finish only.
7. Click Track Entrant(s) During Event.
8. Enter the confirmation code you received to the device that you specified for alerts. If tracking by phone, simply reply 'Y' to the text message received.

Categories: St. Jude Marathon

Shhh, I'm hunting runners!!

This weekend is shotgun hunting season in Southern Illinois. This I did not know. Let me begin my story of my first taper run...

I headed to Benton, IL to Wal-Mart and grabbed a large Gatorade and a couple PowerBar Harvest Grain bars to tide me over for breakfast. I saw a young boy about 14 in hunting gear. I smiled and said to myself, this is why I don't live in Southern Illinois. But it didn't ring any bells in my head. I've been too far removed from it I suppose.

Then I headed on over to Rend Lake. On the way I spotted many trucks pulled over to the side of the road next to woods. Still no trigger until I saw my fourth truck. Then I started thinking... "Um, Rock Cut State Park was closed last weekend due to hunting, maybe southern Illinois hunting's season this weekend?" After another couple of trucks & seeing guys dressed in all orange, I started laughing and yelled at myself for not thinking this all the way through.

So I get to the parking lot across from the visitors centre and I start to get prepared for the run. There was a lot of trucks in the parking lot but they were closer to the centre while I was near the trail head with one truck beside me. I looked in there, sure enough, dressed in camouflage with his buddy in a hunter's orange hat.

As I walk up to the trailhead, I set my Garmin. And I start my run. Boy was it cold. I checked the weather that morning and the forecast changed significantly from Friday's forecast. It was supposed to be a high of 46 on Saturday in Southern Illinois. Now only 40. Worst part was the 9a forecast of 30* with a wind chill of 21. But it still beats Northern Illinois of 24* a wind chill of 15. OUCH.



After mile 1, I ran across a hunter, dressed in orange and a gun strapped to his back. I was afraid he was gonna say something to me but he didn't and I just kept on going.

Boy, I can tell I am losing my fitness though. It hurt to run just 3 miles and I stopped at the 3 mile mark. I guess it's back to midweek running for me and only hope that it doesn't bother my foot anymore. After a minute or two of resting I plodded ahead. I ran past the dam and then I saw the sign.



Um, today's the 22nd. I'm running during hunting season. SHIT! Am I gonna get killed by a stray bullet? Probably not I realised because I am on the trail. However, the trail does go through some dense woods. Well, let's just keep going and see what happens.

I make it to the marina and see another sign and notice that it's getting to the wooded area. I lean against the Stop sign and decide what to do. I decide that if I turn around now (3.7) I'll get almost 7.5 miles in and that's good enough. I was having some foot problems again.



Everything heading back is fine. With 3 miles left to go, I had to start walking. But I also found this thing (picture left). Is it a bullet or what? So in the podcast I was listening to talked about the Galloway method which was running & walking. So I did 4 minutes of running and one minute of walking. It was hard to even do that.


The scary part came with only a mile left to go. A doe ran across the path in front of me from left to right. Oh shit. If she's running, she's running from something. So I was hoping that no hunters (or worse a bullet) were coming through at that time.

Man, I forgot how completely different southern Illinois is compared to northern Illinois! Here is the sign that I completely missed at the trailhead. I was messing with my Garmin as I walked through the barriers. Maybe it should have a chain across it to garner more attention.


But this week I will get back on the horse and start running again, at the Y, on the treadmill. To top it off with a Thanksgiving morning run! Then 8 miles on that Saturday. Sad part about today is that I was actually looking forward to running my 12 miles today because it was only 2 hours of running!!

I also got a strange rash on my neck. I don't know if it was from my neck gaiter and my iPod headphone cord mashing with each other but I didn't have it last week so something was different this week but it bothered me while running. It actually hurt! Speaking of headphones, my ear buds just won't stay in my ears! I had to keep messing with them which didn't help my run.


Oh and I don't get my orthotics until Wednesday. So I will only have a week or so to break them in and get my feet used to them. I hope that it'll work out!

Once again the BiM Active site has gotten at least one mile wrong compared to Garmin. My mile 4 Garmin has at 10:44 while BiM said 14:57. Oh well.

Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 397 ft Location: Benton, IL Elev. Gain: -3 ft Date: 11/22/08 Up/Downhill: [+285/-288] Time: 09:48 AM Difficulty: 3.2 / 5.0 Weather: Mostly Cloudy 34 F temp; 47% humidity 34 F heat index; winds S 14 Performance Distance: 7.37 miles Time: 1:16:54 Speed: 5.8 mph Pace: 10' 26 /mi Calories: 753 Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 8' 50 -1' 36 6.8 +1.0 -23 ft 2 9' 37 -0' 49 6.2 +0.5 -13 ft 3 10' 25 -0' 01 5.8 +0.0 +39 ft 4 14' 57 +4' 31 4.0 -1.7 +20 ft 5 10' 48 +0' 22 5.5 -0.2 -52 ft 6 10' 54 +0' 28 5.5 -0.3 -6 ft 7 11' 07 +0' 41 5.4 -0.4 +7 ft end 11' 07 +0' 41 5.4 -0.4 +27 ft Versus average of 10' 26 min/mile

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Categories: hunting, pictures, Rend Lake, southern illinois, taper

St. Jude Hero

About this time last year, I asked for help and support for my participation in the St. Jude Memphis Half Marathon as a St. Jude Hero. Because of your generosity and belief in St. Jude’s mission, I raised a total of $1,425, well over my goal of $550. I also ran the 13.1 mile race in 2:03:01, well below my goal of 2:30. Altogether last year, there were more than 1,600 Heroes and collectively we raised $1.2 million dollars!

This time, however, I’m stepping it up a notch. I’m running the full marathon, 26.2 miles through the city of Memphis and my fundraising goal is $1500! All to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and its research. So once again, I am asking for your help and support of St. Jude by sponsoring me in this year’s St. Jude Memphis Marathon on December 6, 2008.

The donations raised will support St. Jude in its mission of finding cures and saving children with cancer as well as providing first-class medical treatment, lodging, meals and transportation for families. This will help so many people in our own community and throughout the country.

It is faster and easier than ever to support this great cause - you can make a donation online by simply clicking on the link at the bottom of this message. Whatever amount you can donate will help!

Thank you for supporting me always, but especially in this challenge. You really do make a difference.

http://www.stjudeheroes.com/users/lindsaycb

Categories: fundraising, St. Jude Marathon

20 mile run

OK, so here I go.



I postponed my run from Saturday to Sunday because of the weather & wind. It was a few degrees warmer & sunnier and less wind on Sunday.

Started off around 9:15a.
1 mile into it, I had to stop and adjust the tongue of my left shoe because it was hitting that tendon that was sore.

2.77 miles into it, I had to stop again but this time I was worried. When I stopped it was because of a sharp, shooting pain in my foot, right where the bruise was on the bottom of my foot. I thought I really broke my foot that time. I slowed down by doing one of those hop & skip stops. I couldn't even put pressure on it to walk. I stood there crying for a few minutes as I kept testing to see if I could put weight on my foot. About 5 minutes the pain subsided and I could walk. I continued running.

Around this time I realised that one of my water bottle lid was open so water was spilling out of it and getting all over my thigh. It was 34 degrees and overcast. So my thigh was freezing. Great.

I decided instead of doing 10 out and 10 back, I would do 5 out and 5 back, 5 out and 5 back. So that's what I did. 5 out and 5 back. Then I thought, well, if I do 3 out and 3 back then that would get me 16 and then I would only need to do 2 out and 2 back to get me 20 and I could always stop and walk back if my foot was getting to bad.

On the first 5 out I estimated wrong (even though I had my Garmin with me I wasn't looking at it) and only ran 4.5 miles out so I was always .5 miles off.

So back out for another 3 and then turned back to the starting point. But then I looked down and realised that my snot rag was gone. I had brought 3 bottles with me and tucked the snot rag into my opening bottle holster. Alas, it fell out after mile 14. I debated if I should let it go or go back. I figured it fell out for a reason and I needed to keep going so I turned around at the starting point again. This was 15.5.

I ran one mile up (16.5) and found my snot rag and tried running to the next mile marker but alas, I couldn't make it past 16.6 so I turned around and figured that if I ran back that would be 17.5 and then I could finish up with another quarter mile jaunt out and back to get me back up to 18. And that's what I did.

Turning on my feet hurt the ball of my foot, I tried different ways, left to right; right to left, stopping and turning, wide turns but nothing seemed to help. My hip flexors hurt on both legs when I was done. I think it was mainly because of the cold. And the fact that I didn't do much exercise during the week. OK, I didn't do any at all. I was trying to stay off my foot as much as possible. But I don't think I injured them or anything.

The sun was out for a little bit around mile 6 then it disappeared and started snowing from mile 10 on. And it stayed that way the entire rest of the run and day! So much for being sunnier. The wind wasn't bad though. I just had to keep reminding myself that after running in this, nothing Memphis could give me (beside a constant downpour) could top this. I'm tough.

I stretched at the end. I got in the car, drove back to my house. Took a warm shower to thaw out. Then I fell asleep on the couch with my cat curled up in my arm for about 2 hours. I was exhausted.

I woke up and I was stiff. Of course. I also slept with my head turned and upright so I had a stiff & sore neck muscle too. On Monday at work, I was walking all funny. This is usually why I do my long runs on Saturday, so I can walk funny on Sunday and be fine on Monday. I had a meeting after work and I decided to walk to it to get he blood moving, so that helped I'm sure. Tuesday, I was fine and thought about going to the Y but decided against it. Tonight I went to the Y and got my elliptical on and then did a few sit-ups and worked on the express line weight machines for a quick set. Just enough to get the blood moving again.

I get my orthotics on Friday. I can't wait. Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait.

To be honest, I dont know what happened in mile 13 & 16. I know I didn't walk at all so I don't know how the time got to be that way. My Garmin stats are not that time at all. They are 11:08 & 11:45. Weird.

Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 872 ft Location: Sycamore, IL Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 11/16/08 Up/Downhill: [+242/-242] Time: 09:18 AM Difficulty: 3.9 / 5.0 Weather: Light Snow 34 F temp; 85% humidity 34 F heat index; winds W 8 Performance Distance: 18.00 miles Time: 3:13:08 Speed: 5.6 mph Pace: 10' 44 /mi Calories: 1751 Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 9' 06 -1' 38 6.6 +1.0 +23 ft 2 9' 41 -1' 03 6.2 +0.6 +7 ft 3 12' 52 +2' 08 4.7 -0.9 -10 ft 4 10' 13 -0' 31 5.9 +0.3 +9 ft 5 10' 05 -0' 39 6.0 +0.4 -13 ft 6 10' 54 +0' 10 5.5 -0.1 +16 ft 7 10' 49 +0' 05 5.5 -0.1 0 ft 8 10' 47 +0' 03 5.6 -0.0 -13 ft 9 11' 02 +0' 18 5.4 -0.2 0 ft 10 11' 06 +0' 22 5.4 -0.2 0 ft 11 11' 04 +0' 20 5.4 -0.2 0 ft 12 11' 04 +0' 20 5.4 -0.2 +13 ft 13 15' 25 +4' 41 3.9 -1.7 0 ft 14 10' 54 +0' 10 5.5 -0.1 -13 ft 15 11' 43 +0' 59 5.1 -0.5 0 ft 16 14' 29 +3' 45 4.1 -1.5 0 ft 17 11' 27 +0' 43 5.2 -0.4 +3 ft 18 11' 34 +0' 50 5.2 -0.4 -23 ft end 11' 40 +0' 56 5.1 -0.5 0 ft Versus average of 10' 44 min/mile

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Categories: 18 miles, 20 mile run, ball of foot pain, Great Western Trail

Day Two & Three of Operation Fix Foot

I did my MRI on Tuesday. The nurse had me change into a pair of shorts and then I had to take off all my jewelry (belly button ring included). Then she asked where it was on my foot that hurt. I pointed it out and she put a pill taped to that area so she can line it up right. I just had to stick my foot into this tube and she stuffed sponges of different sizes around it to keep it still. Everything was fine until near the end. then I got into a coughing spell and no clearing my throat and small coughs could get rid of the nagging feeling I was having in my lungs and throat. And then my toes started to get so cold and frozen and painful. I couldn't move my toes at all in the time it took to do the MRI so the circulation started to leave my foot. She said that a STAT was put on the MRI and I should hear about the results tomorrow, if not late that night.

Well, Wednesday I didn't hear anything. And when I finally got back home from my business trip to Springfield, it was late. So I called on Thursday morning and heard the message that my doctor was not in today. I was like great, that means I won't hear back until Friday so then I won't get an appt until the week after. Well, luckily, her assistant called me back and told me the results on the phone. I didn't have a stress fracture! YAY! Good news! So I called the assistant and we set up an appt on Friday with a colleague to get fitted for orthotics and because of the rush, they should get that by next Friday. I jus couldn't wait for the appointment and get going on it!

So today I go in for the fitting and the assistant was asking me questions about what brings me in here, I tell him about the marathon training and that it's in 3 weeks. He then mentions that it takes about 3 weeks to get the orthotics back. I was like wait, hold up. There's no point in doing this then. Holly told me that it was only going to take a week and that I'll get them by next Friday. He paused and said that she should have talked it with him. I said well, could you figure this out because there's no point in even doing this if that's the case because after my marathon I plan on taking a long break which will heal the bruise. He left and I took off my shoes and socks and sat all the way back on the table so that just my feet hung off the edge.

When the assistant got back, he arrived with the doctor and the doctor said that he discussed it with my orthopedic doctor and they were putting a rush on it like they do the NIU athletic players. Then the doctor started to put the plaster on my foot. He said I have a very high arch and so he was going to lower the arch a bit and give me more support. Then he said that he could feel the metatarals joints in the ball of my foot so he'll work with that and get some relief for that. He had the assistant read the MRI report and it was all confusing but I heard the phrase no stress fracture and no muscle tearing or fluid buildup. After the plaster dried, the doctor left and the assistant pulled them off. He said that he'll get them filled and the PO on them tonight! I was happy to hear that.

The doctor said that it'll take me about 3 weeks to get used to having them in my shoe. And that i shouldn't do any long runs in them and that if I do run, only go for a few miles around 2 and if they start to hurt then I must take them out right away.

I haven't ran at all this week just because I can feel the pain even when walking and now when I'm just sitting on the couch. So I haven't run. I got 20 miles planned for this weekend. Tomorrow's supposed to be cold and overcast and snowy. So I'm going out on Sunday I think. I plan on doing 5 out and then 5 back and then 5 back out and 5 back in that way I'm only 5 miles away from my car if anything should happen.

Categories: aches and pains, ball of foot pain, feet

Day One of Operation Fix Foot

Today I went to see an orthopedic. Met with her assistant first and explained the situation. Told her all what I bought, even brought in my running shoes with the insole.

Then I got x-rays done. First one was from the side. And then the second and third one was from overhead. I stepped on the pad and the nurse said "Wow, I thought I had narrow feet until I saw yours!" She asked if it was difficult to find shoes. I said yes, but only dress shoes and then everything in those slips in the heel. She agreed and asked if I have a high arch, told her yes that I recently found out about! She was just amazed and mentioned it again as I put my socks and shoes back on.

Back to the exam room where the assistant brought up the x-rays. That's where the picture came from. I managed to sneak one in before she came back and requested that I take off both shoes and socks. While waiting for the doctor to come in my feet got very very cold though and the office had wood floors so it very comfortable.

Then the doc came in and started asking questions about my running and when the pain first started happening. Explained to her that I trained for a half marathon last year and no pain. She asked if this was my first marathon, I said yes. After all that introduction question she got right to it.

She asked if I can point out where it hurts. I said yes and showed her the bottom of my foot and pointed to the bone under my third toe in the ball area. Then she asked me to stand up. She mentioned the fact that my third toes splayed out and asked if that has been all my life. I said yes that's why I don't like showing off my feet. Then she asked me to get up and down on my tip toes a few times. I asked if I had to cause it was going to hurt, my feet are bony and this is not carpeted. She laughed and said yes you have to. So up and down I went, finally a bit of 'ow' in my right foot. She asked me to turn around so she can see my feet from the back.

Then she had me sit on the table so she can touch my feet. She grabbed them and remarked on how cold they were. I said you should feel my hands! Then she touched the top of my left foot first and said "You weren't kidding, your feet are bony!" I laughed. She grabbed the back of my ankles, the sides looking for any swelling and asked if I noticed any. I said no. Then she grabbed the toes of my left foot and pushed them back. I told her that if she did that to my right foot, it'll be painful. Then she went to the right foot and started with my ankles again to the top of the foot and then to the ball. She had her thumb on top and a finger on the ball of my foot and just started hitting all the bones. As you can see, there are a lot of bones in the foot, which I didn't know! She went to the bone and then the joint and then the bottom of the toe. She asked if I could feel any pain. Each time she went to the joint area of my third toe, it hurt but she was careful not to push on it too much luckily. So that's good. I did ask about my bone in the top of my left foot but she didn't really pay any attention to it so I'm not going to be concerned about it.

She said that the x-rays don't show a fracture and won't show a stress fracture so she wanted an MRI for me. And if the MRI didn't have a fracture either than we'll just have to go with having her colleague show me how to tape of the toe and getting some padding in the form of a custom made orthotic for my shoe. And if there is a stress fracture then no running until it heals. She did say that because of the lack of padding on my feet that is more than likely the reason for the pain. She couldn't explain the reason why it's not on my left foot. She also mentioned my 2nd and 3rd toes are pretty much the same length which usually doesn't happen. She said that if you look at my joints, you'll see that they're the same spot and usually you see a curve downward like with the other toes. She said that could be a problem as well.

I asked how soon all of this could get done because I have a 20 mile this Saturday. She said that she'll see if they have any openings for an MRI today. She came back and no they didn't but we'll get it going soon she said. So I checked out and then walked down the hall to the MRI receptionist where I made an appt for 1p tomorrow! They had one open for 9a but I didn't want to go to work and then come back to DeKalb and then back to Malta. Then she tried to make a follow up with me but she's not in on Thursday and it takes 24-48 hrs for MRI results and then she's off all of next week. I freaked! So the receptionist called the assistant and told her the plight and she said that they're going to make a "stat" on the results and then she wont' need to schedule a follow up if there's not a stress fracture but will just schedule me with Dr. York the colleague.

I'm a bit nervous about the MRI tomorrow. If it has a stress fracture then no more running. I don't know what I'll do. Tomorrow I'm also supposed to run 5 miles but I won't be doing that, I don't think. I'll be travelling to Springfield anyway and staying in a hotel. So I may bring my running clothes, just in case. Then 10 miles on Wednesday. Hopefully by then I would have heard something about it. Anyway, so we'll see what'll happen tomorrow. I'm claustrophobic but this is just my foot so no need to get in a tube. YAY!

Categories: aches and pains, ball of foot pain, feet