T - 36 = Hesitantly made the right decision.. shutting it down.

So, I've had this lingering Plantars issue for the last 15 months, but have stopped talking about it on here, because it's just get old to talk about it. During my runs, I just suck it up, change my stride, my pace, favor a different foot, whatever gets me though it.

However, in the last couple of weeks it's gotten ridiculously bad. I just got back from the doctor, and he confirmed what I've been suspecting. It's just going to get worse as the days, weeks and months go on, and at some point, i could do irreversble dammage.

So I've decided to call it a day, and take a few months off to let it rest. I've secretly been talking to a friend who does other sports, and have signed up with her at a gym and will do some spinning, swimming, etc to stay reasonably fit, waiting for the day when I can get back on track with my running. It's with no regrets that I say goodbye to my marathon in California in a month's time, and all my other plans I had tentatively planned through May 30th. The big picture, the longterm health of my feet, my sanity is what's most important, and although I think I could tough it out for another month, it's just not worth it anymore. Did I have you going? I'm actually kidding. What I meant to say was I took a day off today. The hesitation was when I cancelled a run this morning with my friend Kerry. We have great fun running trails and were scheduled to run at 5:30 this morning. However, yesterday afternoon, I realized I was pretty tired from a tough hilly workout on Tuesay, 15 miles on wednesday, and then the toughest track workout i've ever done yesterday. In addition, I hadn't taken a day off from running in 11 days, which would have stretched to 13 with this weekend's runs. I also had long-standing plans to meet a friend last night whom I hadn't hung out with in a while, so I cancelled our trail run this morning, and well, I'm glad I did when i did, to hopefully give her the option to plan something else. I figured I'd hop on the trails after sleeping in for 2 or 3 miles just to let Karma play, but I spent the night with an upset stomach, I woke up still tired, and very hungry. Upset stomach means no food in body, which means no energy, so i would have had to cancel the run this morning anyway. I took Karma for a walk around the neighborhood, and could feel small aches and pains here and there which means my body will welcome this "shutting it down day". So, I hesitantly made the right decision. I do still have Plantars as a problem (not as severe as I made it out to be) but it's definitely present, and I have made the decision to not talk about it anymore, so those weren't lies. Did you believe me at all? Sorry, I was feeling mischievious.