Training Log Archive: Bash

I saw Dr. Thumbs-of-Death today about the pain on the medial side of my right calcaneus (heel bone). He says what I'm feeling is bone pain at the location where the Achilles tendon is attached. The medial side of my soleus muscle is really tight, which pulls on the Achilles, which pulls on the bone. This has pulled the foot over to one side, and the bones in the foot are mashed together. The difference in flexibility between my feet is easy to see and feel. I remember it being the other way around four years ago.

He agrees that I should take a short break from running, do physio exercises, manually work on the tight areas (and let him do some of that) and ice any inflammation. He doesn't think it will take long to get things working properly. Phew.

The treatment was excruciating so I guess I got my money's worth.

Hard Core Live with Caron

Class built around foam rollers and tennis balls - good stuff!

Boot camp - only had to modify one exercise to make it low impact.

As much as I've hoped it would fade away, it's official - I'm injured. It feels very much like the problem I had 4 years ago - a burning pain on the side of the heel bone when I step up onto my forefoot. In 2013, it was either an Achilles insertion problem or retrocalcaneal bursitis. The name of the problem wasn't as important to Dr. Bell as improving my running mechanics - which worked but it started with not running for awhile. :(

Last time the pain was on the outside of my left heel, which has traditionally been my gimpy foot due to a bunch of ankle sprains over the past 20 years. This time it's the inside of my right heel and there is a hard bump at the painful spot. It's bigger than the bump I remember on the left heel, which seems to be gone. That's encouraging because I thought it was permanent bone so maybe there's hope for this bump too.

Ugh. But I'm optimistic that if I can avoid running for awhile, do my physio exercises and see a sports chiro, it will improve. Last time I was loathe to stop running, which undoubtedly delayed my recovery.

Up early to get ready for more tradesmen to make a mess in our living room. The good news is that the inside work is done now. We're now ready to offer BASE jumping out our new patio door.

It was a beautiful summer day in late October. If we had glaciers in Caledon, I'm afraid they would be melting but it sure was lovely in the forest.

I ran the Bruce Trail from Innis Lake north to Hwy 9, through all of Glen Haffy.



Then I did a couple of side loops through the fields and past the fishing ponds.



I returned on the Bruce and went a little farther south on Innis Lake Rd. since I'd been aiming for 2 hours.



It was my longest run since UTMR and after an initial burst of energy ("Awesome, I haven't lost any fitness at all!"), I felt exhausted ("I suck at this sport!").

I felt much better after a buttertart and chocolate milk from Rock Garden Farms - a lunch that covered the most important food groups.

'Bent joined me for a wonderful volunteer job on a glorious autumn day - a ride to Albion Hills to pay the admission fees for our Star Tracks racers. On the way back, we rode a bunch of single track and 'Bent was flying.

Our new fire pit works! Our meteor watching was not particularly successful though. Score was 1-0 in my favour.