During the Marine Corps Marathon, I developed a pain on the top of my foot that was totally irritating. Luckily, it didn't hurt when I ran - only when I walked. It has hurt off and on ever since.
This morning, I was at CrossFit where our WOD was:
5 Rounds for Time of:
3 x Snatch at 65# (I did 25#)
15 x Overhead Squat at 65# (I did 25#)
400m run
I had asked DL to take it easy on me with the weight because I didn't get any sleep last night and was really, really tired today. Although the 25# was really too light, it was nice (for a change) to be able to easily get through this WOD and shake out the cobwebs. So I'm warmed up for the rest of the week.
The hardest part was running - because of that pain in my foot. It seemed to warm up and hurt less in rounds 2 and 3 then started hurting again in rounds 4 and 5. But after I finished the WOD I was practically limping... it really hurt to walk!
I tried to think about how I hurt it and it suddenly dawned on me that it was the rope climb from a couple of weeks ago. During the rope climb, I wrap the rope around my right leg and across the top of my right foot, then step on the rope with my left foot... and I step hard, lifting myself up the rope so that I can grab high on the rope, loosen my grip with the feet and regrip higher, stand on the right foot and go again. This was the first time that I made three ascents and I think that was enough to really mess with my right foot.
So, at least now I know the cause - so no more rope climbs until after all of my marathons.
Speaking of marathons, I ordered a bag from a company called Prior Life. They take the banners from the finish chute of a marathon and recycle them into tote bags, messenger bags, wallets, and other cool things. There's no guarantee what the bag will look like since you don't get to decide what section of the banner will be used. But I was so pleased with what I got!!
Front Side
I like the part of the "Semper Fidelis", the wheel chair wheel, and on the right is part of the Iwo Jima memorial. And on the bottom center, if you blow up the picture, you'll see that it is part of a Marine and he's got the finish medals over his wrist (that's the red & yellow strap that holds the medal). While it's blown up, read the tag on the top center.
Back Side
More of the Iwo Jima Memorial in the blue and a bit of a runners bib in the bottom left.
It's a good thing you figured out what caused your foot injury. There's nothing worse than not knowing what caused an injury so you don't know how to keep it from happening again.
ReplyDeleteThat's a really cool bag you got. It had great pictures.