[127] I'm buggin' out!

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I haven't run in about a week and a half, and I am going batty. The explanation for my recent lack of sanity is simple. Work has been much busier than usual, and so my stress level has been peaking just as I have stopped my primary stress-busting activity. I could always count on a few lunch-hour runs to break up my week and give me a little dose of nature, sweat, and probably endorphins. I've been itching to get back on the road, but I've also been eager to let my foot heal.

And healing it is. If you recall, my left heel had been hurting me since the marathon. It hurt to walk on it first thing in the morning or after I had been sitting for a while, and the area was very tender to massage. Classic plantar fasciitis. So to fix it, I have quit running for a while, I've been icing and massaging it, and I bought this brace for wearing overnight. It keeps the fascia stretched, which eases my suffering when I get up for wee-hour wee breaks.

Caveat emptor: I would not get this model again. The strap that goes around my upper calf cuts off my circulation if I wear it tightly enough to feel like it's doing its job. If I loosen it to restart the blood flow, then it doesn't flex my foot very well. Also, it has a hard plastic buckle that digs into my shin bone. But, despite all that, it helps. I just should've gotten a different model. Oh well, it was an impulse buy at the grocery store.

I say all this to say that I am probably going to start running again Monday. I'm going to go out there and see what happens. If I run and have heel pain during or after the run, then I will make an appointment to see a podiatrist or something. Otherwise, I am back in the game!