Pilates

I did a Pilates class today. Boy, am I messed up. My foot is almost healed up, but not completely 100%. Now, I have goals to meet. The Red Dress Run is in May and I plan on running it. I will schedule about two one on one classes sometime during the month, plus the weekly class with my co-worker.

Ran a Half Mile

Yup. I ran a half mile on my tip toes, well not really, but it felt like it because I was trying to use the Pose Method. Fortunately, it did’t aggravate the ‘ol plantar faciitis, but it did cause the tissue on my toes to split due to the repetitive pressure on them. They are soaking in iodine now….

Almost Ran a Mile Without Any Walk Breaks

It’s the second official day of the Chinese National holiday. The campus is kind of empty, so I was able to get out on the track without the gawk squad in the evening. Normally, it is normally over run with the Chinese division students until 10 or 11 PM. I started out doing the Christan C to 5K, week 2, but made up my mind to run as long as I could without a walk break. I believe I made it around the track three and a half times without a walk break. That wasn’t counting the time I slowed down to adjust my mp3 player.

Had a few twinges of pain on the sole of the left foot, but fortunately that failed to become an issue. Focused on foot landing, trying to land on the forefoot. The right foot isn’t really up to maintaining that at present. I did work on some ankle strengthening exercises this morning with the big rubberband. Consistancy with that will pay off in the long run. Around lap 2 and a half, I started weaving in and out of my lane…really gotta work on strengthening my core and pretty much everything else. Resolving to do Pilates 100 every morning before getting out of bed.

Flamenco Dancing Doesn’t Aggrevate My Plantar Faciitis, Who Knew?

I dug the ‘ol Flamenco shoes out of the closet and decided to try them out on a few Youtube videos this morning. Amazingly enough, all that stomping around didn’t send me through the roof. Odd, huh?

I just couldn’t drag myself out of bed this morning to run. I keep having reoccurring memories of how painful it is just to walk the 5 feet to the bathroom every morning.

Dr. Romanov is right. There is a psychological component to this injury.

Still Suffering With Plantar Faciitis

Man, this plantar faciitis thing has really put the kibosh on my Couch to 5 K plans.

Ooooofffffff…

Second Day, Week Two

I got there and did the second day of week two. Then the air pollution got so thick, it was difficult to see the office buildings in the distance. This occurred on my day to run, so I had to take a break. The next day, I woke up feeling miserable. For days I thought it was the after effects of the air pollution, but now I think it’s just an upper repository thing. Going to go to the local pharmacy and pick up some San She Dan later on when the laundry is done and forgo the pedi.

Thank you Lord for sending the rain that has cleaned the air.

29 Days Off…

Yup, that’s what I said. I had to take 29 days off from running, just as I was almost moving on to week 5 in the Christian CT5K Cool Runnings Program.

As it turns out, I don’t have week one on my mp3 player, so I had to start with week two. Thank you Lord for muscle memory!

I zoned out on the first run, but picked it right up for the rest of the program.

Random thought: why are the migrant workers working on Mid-Autumn Festival?

Ran 4 times around the track in a cool, but light drizzle. It was still really humid put. Kind of a heavy oppressive humidity. Stayed in the third lane from the center. Focused on forefoot running and leaning slightly forward from the ankles. As I was concentrating on running on the forefoot, I also had to make sure I didn’t run knock kneed or let my arms swing towards the midline. Had a few minor twinges here and there , but nothing that lasted more than a second or two.

I almost didn’t do it. I had gotten into a cycle of discouragement and disappointment due to this injury.

Consistantly, rolling a tennis ball along the length of my sole has helped tremendously in working put the kinks.

Ballet Plies and T-Tapp

I’ve decided to get up in the morning and do a little T-Tapp and few ballet plies in the morning before I hop in the shower. My foot is still aggravated very easily and I believe that even though this won’t be enough to keep me in running form, it is something I can fit into my schedule. Most importantly, it’s something I can see myself doing.

I get paid tomorrow (finally) and I plan on buying a new pair of shoes. I’m hoping just by buying some new running shoes, it will help me get over this problem quicker.

One can only hope…

Ditch the Orthotics? Are You Kidding Me?

I just read this article on postetech.com

They are suggesting that I gradually ditch the orthotics and start running with out them!

To be honest, I always wondered how I could successfully do the Pose Method if I was still wearing those clunky shoes that kept my feet from pronating, but can it be that I can run and not suffer from the effects of over pronation?

My foot is still throbbing away as I type. The plantar faciitis pain comes and goes. I had no pain at all yesterday and this morning, but as soon as I took a few bites of the MSG laden fare that is served up here in the cafeteria, my foot started to throb. It’s still throbbing even now.

I’ve gotta find someone who can do some Tuina or something on this foot, so I can get back out there and starting running again. I’m winded just going up a flight of stairs. When I was on week four, I could do three flight of stairs and not be out of breath.

That’s a big deal for a big girl.

Then there is also this article. I’m not exactly clear on everything he is saying, but I gotta tell ‘ya, there has been some psychosocial damage with this injury. I was really starting to see the fruit of my efforts and now, back to square one. It really is frustrating. Did you listen to that interview on Alex Jones, when the Jesuit shill Charlie Sheen was shouting, “Winning!” Well, I felt like I was, “Winning!” even though I was doing a 25 minute mile, who cares? That’s a lot better than nothing, which is what I had done all year when I lived in Shandong.

When I scrolled down I ran across this advice from Dr. Romanov in response to querry about Plantar Faciitis:

…you need to understand that the main thing is to return to the norm your muscles/tendons relations in the foot. This means that they have to act as one unit, as opposed to the situation in which you got your problem. Your primary focus, in order to do it, would be to not use your foot as a propulsive mechanism. In other words do not push your body forward with you foot, just hold the weight of the body. Your foot is just the support for the weight of your body and should act accordingly to it in resonance of the body falling down in each step, jump etc.
~Dr.Romanov

Still Limping Around

I’m still hanging in there. I still set my alarm for 6AM almost everyday, but find it rather difficult to ginger up the courage to get out there and do at least 4 laps.

And, this iPad refuses to cooperate with me, so my posts will be brief until I figure out how to fix it or get a new laptop, whichever comes first.

I can’t even post any pictures or scroll through my categories!