Good news on the injury front

I went to get an x-ray taken today to see if a stress fracture would show up in my foot. This morning I was doubtful that was the case because an anti-inflammatory and a dose of Vitamin I (ibuprofen) had me feeling about 90% better.

It turns out that I do not have a stress fracture, but calcified spurs in my foot. I'm not sure how that's treated, but from my own research it seems that as long as there's no inflammation there shouldn't be much problem. For a while, at least.

Since I was feeling good, and since I was buoyed by the fact that I don't have a stress fracture in my foot, I celebrated the news by running a 5K program on a treadmill at the gym after leaving the radiology place (it was kind of rainy out so I didn't want to run outside). I took it easy because I haven't run since my half marathon on Sunday, but that just meant I didn't run on an incline. I was able to maintain my usual treadmill speed for the 5K distance.

It felt really good to run. I don't think I've taken more than two days off of running for the past year. Today was day four of not running.

Tomorrow I'll take my usual Friday rest day and get back at it on Saturday with a 5 miler. Then 11 miles on Sunday and back on track until my next half marathon in Boston on May 25.

It's nice to know none of my plans are going to be derailed by injury right now.