On second thought...

Week 1, day 7 without running. I went 4 more miles on the elliptical today while I was watching the World Cup, and I started thinking about what I posted yesterday. I mentioned something about how my ankle excessively pronates when my foot strikes the ground and how it makes the peroneus longus muscle work harder to keep the ankle joint stable...well, what if this isn't a stress fracture on my fibula and it's actually something wrong with my peroneal muscles? I've been icing this injury to no end but I haven't been treating it with any heat. So while I was in the shower after the workout, I took a minute to massage the area under the hot water and it actually felt great after the shower. So twice more today I iced the area and then massaged it with a warm washcloth - it really seems to be helping. I guess it also helped that I wasn't on my feet much at all today.

Depending on how this injury heals, I'm thinking of crossing the two 5Ks in July off of my list and just concentrating on the Run Thru Hell 10 miler in August. I'm also still planning on starting marathon training on July 10 as of right now, so that will give me a good 5 weeks to get back in the swing of things. Just thinking about that puts me in a good mood...I guess it's part of that first marathon excitement :)

Speaking of the World Cup...when players get slide tackled and hit the ground, why do they ALWAYS have to lay on the ground and writhe in pain? Not 10 seconds later, it seems like they're always back on their feet and running around as if nothing happened.

Anyway...we'll see how my leg feels after tomorrow and then I'll make a definite executive decision on calling the doc.