8.6.17 Sunday Funday!

Originally posted by Hot Runner

Cannot say that my Sunday had a lot of fun factor in it. I have been struggling for several weeks with what has been variously diagnosed as an inflamed toe joint and Morton's neuroma (quite possibly it is both). What that basically means is my toe really hurts when I run, probably triggered by some ill-fitting bike shoes. It had been mostly a low-grade niggle since late March until CDA, when things got much worse. Now with Worlds coming up and not a whole lot of obvious improvement (I can run, but it hurts), I'm moving most of my long/hard runs to the pool until/unless things improve. So.....

1:40 of running in my 17m apartment pool. (Yes, really, with one of the Aquajogger thingies.) I have not done this since college. It was still stunningly dull, made worse by the fact that I don't have a waterproof phone or MP-3 player. All I had for amusement was the workout, various "challenges" I set myself as to number of laps I could do in a given time, and hoping that not too many neighbors were watching. (Half the balconies of my building and the opposite one, plus some adjoining properties, face the pool.) Let's just say that watching grocery trucks would have been much more thrilling. It was about up there with watching paint dry. One kid took pity on me and yelled from the balcony, "Lady, are you bored?" Hopefully he is not one of my new students (kids come for orientation tomorrow) or that would be interesting. "Mom, that's the crazy lady that wouldn't stop running around the pool!"