After 3 weeks of fairly significant pain in my left heel Julie made an appointment for me today with a doctor to have it looked out. My sister-in-law, Alison who is the smartest person I know and also a PA thought it was a toss up between plantar fasciitis and a bone spur. After a 15 minute get to know you session with my foot the doctor decided it was plantar fasciitis. Whew! From what I understand having a bone spur would have sucked. The cortisone shot that they use to treat a bone spur sounds interesting however. The cure for plantar fasciitis is ice, stretching and rest. All 3 of which I hate doing.

A quick side note, doesn’t plantar fasciitis sound like bunions? Please don’t get them confused. I don’t have bunions like the Casserly twins.

The result of my bout with plantar fasciitis has been 2 weeks with zero run training. This has really hurt my overall training motivation which is hovering at around 50% right now. I also had to completely cancel my trip to Wildflower in 2 weeks. Everything was set for the trip: hotel, travel partner, bike tune, new shoes, etc. I can’t tell you how disappointed I am to not be going.

The next race is on May 18 in Temecula. It’s the Xterra West Coast Championship. The mountain bike is off the rack, tuned, sized and ready to roll. Solid 90 minute ride this morning before work. I’m curious how things will go with zero running in the mix and lot’s of travel next week to CO.

I guess life will just have to go on and I’ll have to continue to realize that I’m a slow, fairly large age grouper.

Andy B
outsideallday.com

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Andy B
outsideallday.com