I Wish My Foot Was Broken

Before you ask me if I'm nuts, let me explain. As you know, I've had mild pain in my left foot for about a month after landing on a rock on the trails. I ran Leadville with the pain, which didn't bother me at all. I waterskied all last weekend with the pain, again, very mild. Yet, I have this point tenderness around my second metatarsal and the ball of my foot. My foot swells at times. As I always say, I know enough to be dangerous, and based on my symptoms, I thought this was a stress fracture.

Turns out, I was wrong. It's most likely not a neuroma either.

I saw the ortho on Thursday. He did an x-ray and an exam and thinks that I have a plantar plate tear. I need to schedule an ultrasound to confirm the diagnosis. But basically, there's not a whole lot to do for this injury except wait for it to heal. This is why I would have preferred a fracture-- I'd already be halfway to being healed. Believe it or not, my ortho said the same thing.

My doctor did tell me to 'let the pain guide you' when it comes to activities. So nothing is forbidden--I just have to be smart and listen to my foot. I have some metatarsal pads to put in my shoes, which should help support the ball of my foot.

I probably will start some run/walk intervals in the next week or so. Otherwise, I have my arsenal of activities to keep me moving--pool running, cycling, waterskiing, CrossFit, and strength training. As always, I am so grateful for what I CAN do.

I'm not doing anything tricky here, just hitting some rough water. 
I thought it was a cool shot, tho!

Weekly Rundown

Sunday: waterskiing

Monday: rest

Tuesday: rest

Wednesday: pool running

Thursday: strength training

Friday: assault bike 100 cal, burpees 60

Saturday: waterskiing

July miles: 31 miles

Running

That I only ran 31 miles in July makes me sad, considering that over half of them were at Leadville. 

Does pool running count? By Wednesday, I was starting to miss running. A lot. When I stepped outside into the disgustingly thick, humid air, I didn't miss running as much. I was grateful to head to the pool. The water was initially cold, but I warmed up in a hurry. This always makes me sweat! I was entertained by the campers, who were very concerned with what I was doing and why I was tethered to the ladder. They were also learning how to dive, but there was a lot of belly flopping. They were cute!

Strength Training

It was great to be back with SJ after a week off. We're still doing mostly upper body work and today I did 4 sets of 10 bench presses, building to 55#! Both of us were really excited about this. I alternated those with 4 sets of 8 barbell rows at 85#. After that I did single-arm inverted KB presses, 3 sets of 8 at 15#. These are challenging because of the instability of the inverted KB. I alternated those with 3 sets of 10 lat pull-downs on the cable machine and I have no idea what the weight was. It felt hard.

After that, I started to chip away at the summer challenge. Last week's challenge was 350 burpees and while I could have chipped away at it, I didn't want to. Now I have to. I did 45 today and yeah, I need to get cracking on these. SJ didn't believe me when I told her the ortho said no burpees!

This week's challenge is to accumulate 7500# of lifting. At first, I thought there was no possible way and then I thought I'd do deadlifts. But there were only a few lifts allowed and deadlifts were not on the list. Back squats were on the list, and I did 5 sets of 10 at 85#, which got me to 4250#. Not too shabby! 

I continued my quest to conquer those burpees on Friday, alternating 4 sets of 15 with 25 calorie rides x4 on the assault bike. 105 burpees down, 245 to go. Sigh. My motivation to finish this challenge is very low. 

Waterskiing

Sunday was my final day in Alabama and Holly and I were up early to ski. We resurrected our annual tandem ski and with the calm waters, we skied together for a long time! While I rested in the boat, Holly took a solo turn. Then it was my turn. Rinse and repeat. It was a gorgeous morning and the perfect way to wrap up a great weekend!

The hubs and I drove up to Lake Wisconsin on Saturday morning and he took me for a morning ski in my favorite bay. Shockingly, we had the entire bay to ourselves, which made for perfect conditions. I hated to stop! 

How was your week? Have you ever had a plantar plate tear? How do you like to crosstrain when you are injured? Are you doing any summer challenges? 

I'm so sorry I missed Runfessions this month. I'll be back with plenty of 'fessions next month. On Tuesday, I'll be posting my Mini Book Reviews!

I'm linking up with Deborah and Kim for the Weekly Rundown. I might not get to everyone's post today, but I will before the weekend!