Training Log Archive: Wyatt

3.5 min Rolling, 1.5 min. regular foot work.

And lots of slow walking and standing around in O'shoes, no ankle brace, that made foot a little bit achy tired, esp. when walking fast, but almost fine when walking slow or limping.

Short O' walk, 500m, foot felt 100% fine during walk on forest hillside but was being very careful not to step hard on foot.

With sub. instructor that made us do a lot more shallow water exercises. My foot was definitely sore on and off during the first 10 minutes or so of bouncing exercises in the pool, but warmed up and wasn't bad during the rest of it. I also did ~5 minutes of foot and ankle exercises under water.

Now, 4 hours later, my foot has a light burn going on. Not great but not really bad. I should do my regular footwork soon before I get in the car to drive to CT (to friends that live closer to West Point.) Hopefully it won't be too bad after the foot work.

Oops. Just did normal foot-work today, and then did 10 seconds of 'rolling' at the end. I was working and wasn't really paying attention to my foot exercise.

During the first 5 minutes, it was a little sore, but not much worse than it was before I started. After I stopped it was a little sore too. Maybe I should stretch. Also, the 10 seconds of 'rolling' at the end definitely increased the pain slightly by the end, so 'rolling' is still doing the more realistic (and more painful) thing...

(I think the fairly active water aerobics and/or my more recent level of activity may be worsening the average state of burning/pain..., however it has been rainy for a few days in a row now, so hopefully it's just that ??)

Grasping at straws...

Most of USOF 1. Still need to do foot, back and stomach.

Walked to and from gym down and up hill twice (left key at home.) Foot a little sore in middle of gym exercises, and when walking around a grocery store the afternoon it was pretty achy and sore from minutes 2-10 or so, but then it got a little better. Back in the house now, mostly sitting it's still got a very light burn/ache going occasionally, but it's not too bad.

Not great either. The optimistic track had me walking a White course this weekend and I'm not there yet. The weather has been cold & windy & overcast and will remain so through Sat. morning. If my foot perks up a lot this weekend then it may be largely weather sensitive, but still, it's not good. Also, on a down though, my great progress last week may have been largely due to the cortisone shot the prior Friday, and the foot muscles themselves may still not be very strong/functioning well... I think the odds of a Billygoat are dropping. Darn, darn darn..

Did 15 minutes, and got light strange but uncomfortable tingle at 8 minutes which died off in about 15 seconds. Later did 15 more minutes with no pain during normal exercise, however, I added a modificaiton.

Normal 'Foot Work' exercise (i.e. what I've been doing for 3 weeks): While stilling push down with toe to go up on toe, then pull up toe to go up on heel, up on toe, heel, toe, heel, etc...

New 'Rolling' Foot Work exercise. While sitting in chair, lift whole leg, then put down heel, roll through until weight (of calf) is on toe and push down on toe to help lift whole leg, and repeat continously.

The 'rolling' exercise simulates the walking/running motion better - and is much harder for my foot.

For minutes ~20-29, I spent 10-15 seconds doing rolling and then went back to regular for the rest of the minute. The reason I only did 10-15 seconds per minute is because foot started to hurt by the end of just that much of the more realistic 'rolling' foot work. Fortunately, it would quickly recover when going to 'normal' foot work, without stopping the exercise.

I think that rather than add weight, like I thought I would do a few days ago, I'll try to change more and more of the exercise to this more realistic 'rolling' motion.

Now, later in the evening, it's mostly normal. If anything it's on-and-off lightly tired/stiff. Not really painful or burning at all.

Oh and the L-foot hasn't hurt at all in a couple days. Whew.

And in the big picture plan, prospects indeed seem to be dimming a big on much of any major O' competition this Spring. I'll need to do another look at the Excel sheet before deciding just how hopeless the Spring season is... or isn't... :) :( !!..

Oh and ps, I did some situps, but no back work. Not too bad.

Had a migraine this morning so didn't do much ex. a little walking around the house, and a short walk outside. Foot at near 100% for walking. Almost no pain and no limp thus far today (and it' 3pm.) (Even L-foot is fine, although I did feel it once.)

It could be the combo of cold medicine and Excedrin for my head numbing the pain in my foot?

I think I'll skip the PM weights today so my head recovers more. Gotta drink some more and maybe have some more tea too for faster cold recovery.

Normal foot work for 6 min, then 31 min. Very light soreness at ~10 minutes overall, but totally fine at 37 minutes and after I stopped. If I can do 30 minutes tomorrow just fine, I think I should add a little resistance (say a 5lb weight on my knee?) on Thursday.

Actually I was swiming with AJ for about 90 minutes, but some of it was mildly aerobic. Foot was a little sore early in the water play, esp. when I tried jumping off the bottom, but it recovered and was 95%+ fine all evening, and (through 9 am) on the next morning.

Still congested and coughing a bit, but better than last week.

R-foot was mildly sore early in exercise (although it had just started snowing, so - weather?). By the end of the exercise my foot was fine, even though I did a little foot specific work at the end.

Decided to do something hard, albeit short. I've got to get in cardio shape so that when I do start running again, I'm not _way_ slower than my competition... When I'm healthier, I think I'll add some swimming and water running to the end of the water aerobics class for better cardio work.

Varied foot work, in water, at angles, followed by good calf stretch in and out of water.

5pm: My R-foot (the injured one) has been doing really good all afternoon, including some walking around in the snow, without any complaint.

I took a funny step earlier today which really pissed off my LEFT foot in the same spot. And it's still a little tweaked (light burn on and off.) What the h***? Note that the L-foot has hurt occasionally, in the same spot for about 2-3 weeks now. I hope it's just some mirror image or compensation thing that's going to go away soon. I don't understand how it would have the same issue. I didn't do _anything_ hard recently to that side.