Jumping the Gun

Yes, it's been a few days.  OK a week. Things were busy... and then didn't go so well.  I was excited on my birthday (last Wednesday), I did my even split of run walking and made it to spinning.  I felt fine.  And was excited at the time to blog about how good it felt.  That the progress was rewarding and that I was looking froward to trying my Friday run/walk outside.  And that I didn't have to practice spitting, that never left.

Friday went alright.  I had a hard time controlling my speed both during the run and walk parts.  I was too fast at the runs and too slow at the walks.  And I had a hard time making sure I didn't miss the switches.  I was looking at my watch constantly.  Was I going too fast, too slow, was it time to switch, how much time was left, could I make the light.  It was hard.  And I didn't think that I really enjoyed it.  But knew that it would get easier as I transitioned into more continuous running.  Then Ray and I went out of town.  I wore heals on Saturday  (probably not smart), used the elliptical at the hotel (which is notorious for making my calves tight), and didn't stretch as often as I should.  That is a really long way of saying that my foot wasn't feeling awesome.  But the spot (that was the problem) didn't hurt when I applied pressure.  So, I did my run/walk on Monday afternoon.  3.5 min runs after 1.5 min walks, did the warm-up, the stretching, the cool down, the stretching and my foot felt ok.  Until a few hours later.  The spot hurt.

Could I possibly be cursed by week 3 of these schedules.  Could I really have to take 2 weeks off again?  What was it that was too much for my foot?  The pavement, the speed, the lack of stretching, the heals, the elliptical?  All I know is that after some profanity crossing my mind, feeling sorry for myself for a night and a few tears I was ok.  Could I be that used to this mess?  That I can get over it that quickly?  It doesn't feel easier.  If anything I want to run more now then I did a month ago, hell more than a week ago.  But I guess that will have to wait.  And I guess I have my answer to "what next"?  Starting again...