Feet First

Posted by Theresa on November 01, 2012 1 comment
This has been a rough year on my feet, but a trip to the foot doctor and all is well once again. In fact, he said I was a success story! How cool is that?
I first went to the podiatrist in June 2011, because I had a lot of foot pain and I would soon be trekking around Alaska for two weeks. Plus I wanted to end my pain.  The doctor fitted me for shoe inserts and then didn't see me again until this week. How many patients do you think he sees in his office who are in a lot of pain and in their late 50's, who come back a year later and report they're running 5k's? It was a great moment for us both!

This is not to say I'm pain free, I still have my days, but I'm in far less pain and less often. The interesting thing is that when I'm running - I don't feel pain!

Speaking of running, last week I had a great run on the treadmill with my jogging buddy Aime, who is celebrating her birthday hiking by herself on Mount Tom - as I type. I want to increase my distance on the treadmill so I'm ready for the Hot Chocolate run next month, so we decided to kick up the pace. We set the pace to a 15 minute mile, after warming up a few minutes, and then stayed the course until we hit 5k. Woohoo! It felt great!

Hot Chocolate Run

There's still time to register for the 2012 Hot Chocolate Run in Northampton that happens on Sunday, December 02, 2012.  I'd love to have you join my team - when you register, select the "Friends of the Keys" team.

Stormy Weather

I was happy to have a day off this week due to the storm and even happier that we didn't even lose power in my area. I cooked food so I'd be set and am still eating those hard boiled eggs. All the bottles of water and bags of beef jerky can go with me when I drive to Florida at Christmas time; it's like money in the (food) bank. Ha!

I have no excuse for not blogging on Monday, but I had fun being completely irresponsible all day. No work. No chores. Lots of fun. Nothing interesting to report, but I was happy at the end of the day. Sometimes, it's good to be unaccountable for a day!

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous11/01/2012

    Now that is one elegant foot! And your running is making me feel like more and more of a slug....now that I feel pretty stable on this way of eating (it's been about 4 months), it's time to add in more activity and less fat. I don't think I'll ever run, but when I take a long walk every day I feel a million times better. Got out of that routine with some injuries about 6 months ago, but it's time to get back out there.

    Anyway, big time congrats for your huge life change for for some dynamite toes!!!
    Eva

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