Well, I'm not even fully into the party season yet... what with 3 parties done and another two to go before Christmas and one for New Year, and I'm already sick of alcohol. In fact, I'm so sick of it that I took a 3/4 full bottle of red wine and threw it in the bin this morning.
Don't get me wrong, it's not that I haven't had fun so far.... it's been the best festive season I've had as far as "kicking parties" go, but I have now put on 8lb since being in India and I feel extremely sluggish all the time... I'm no hardened drinker I'm afraid.
The really bad news is, I am paying dearly for a night out on Black Friday with my work colleagues in Leeds. It was a fabulous night and I had a great time, but we had to walk quite far around the city and by the time we got back to the Sky Bar in our hotel my feet were killing me. I woke up on Saturday morning to find my foot was completely numb... just like it was around a year ago when I first hurt it. I was instantly concerned and took ibuprofen and rested it as much as I could for the whole of the day. By the end of Saturday it was very sore and although putting my full weight on the front of my foot didn't hurt, it didn't feel pleasant either. I was instantly transported back 10 or 11 months and remembered the first time this had happened... I was in Portugal at a work conference and had worn the same shoes all day during a meeting. At the time I shrugged it off... not knowing what was ahead and ignored the pain as I ran 16 miles of hilly Portuguese roads, leaving me limping slightly for a few days. I couldn't believe these were the actual same shoes... I had always blamed flat shoes that weren't very wide for the problem, but no, it seems these are the offending shoes!
So, Sunday my foot felt a lot better as I wore my comfy Reef sandals. I was going to do a run, but this made me rethink that.... rest today and it will hopefully be fine for tomorrow! Today I woke up with a slight numbness up my second and third toes which sounds horrific, but I now know this is the healing process and this is actually a good sign. I hoped it would be back to being 100% fine today so I could run, but I am wise enough with the situation to know that that could set me back a week... or a month.... or more.
So, I have had my major concerned moments about it over the last day or two, but it sort of feels how it used to when I would do a small run during my recovery stages and then have to get over the ache before attempting another run on another day. All I can say is thank God I know it well enough to take a step back, unlike a year ago when I just plundered through it, blind to the inevitable consequences.
It seems I have yet another Christmas holiday period off work where I am not going to be able to train as much as I had planned, but being cautious now is the right thing. Getting my fitness back when my foot is back to normal again will not be too difficult, I'm sure!
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