It has been my routine to run nearly every day, and work out in the evenings. The last six months or so, I have been plagued with a nagging pain in my foot; presumably this common runners over-use injury, plantar fasciitis. I had taken random breaks here and there, but mostly ran through the hurt, which usually relieved any discomfort felt.
After a week long break from running, I went out on a super cold day, and I guess hit my limit. I felt an unforgiving shock stab through my heel and my knee buckled. It's impossible to really gauge, but I think I have a reasonably high tolerance for pain, and certainly do not give into it easily. This here was non-negotiable. After three days it seemed to only worsen, and I really couldn't put weight on my foot, so I needed to see the doctor.
The result? I'm not running, I immediately gained weight and frantically tried to circumvent the problem at hand. I put every other exercise I could in place, and tried my best to make up for the loss in running. The boys have been sympathetic, and I have been trying to be patient and not over do anything, mainly because of this hike. rrrrrrrrrrrgh.
I am sure it will be better, come July, but for now, it sort of blows.