So last time I posted I'd ran that unexpected half marathon. Since then things haven't gone so well...
After that I decided I needed to give my body a break. Combined with some more general 'life' things all going on, I didn't get chance to head out for a run until the next weekend. However, after that half marathon the outer part of my right foot had felt a little sore. Not overly painful, but just a little sore. That was still around last weekend, but I pushed through and ran a very nice 10k last Saturday.
On Sunday, my foot was absolute agony. I could barely walk, and that pain continued into the week, but did gradually ease off. My foot started to swell a little too. I kept off it as much as possible, kept it elevated, and used as much of that Deep Freeze stuff I was allowed to. Eventually, on Friday I noticed some discoloration on the outside of my foot, despite the pain/soreness having almost entirely disappeared. That's now died down a little, and my foot finally feels comfortable to walk on.
My assumption is I strained or sprained something. So I'm keeping away from running for this week ahead too, despite it starting to feel back to 100%. Don't want to go hurting it again! Assuming all is pain free and fine I'll reevaluate next weekend and possibly go for a very easy 5k to see how things feel.
It's been a knock back, but the fact I'm missing it so much proves I really do love to run again! Hopefully in a few weeks time I'm right back into the swing of things. But with no desire to push myself too far too quickly again...