I am so impatient to run again! I haven’t gotten through a full week of training recently without something getting in the way!
I permitted myself to be a little lazy last Saturday, since I was on a short and awesome trip to visit my best friend in Champaign, IL. There just weren’t two hours in the day to run, between breakfast at the Farmers’ Market and Art Mart, and the Taste of Champaign fair, and shopping and hanging out. Perhaps we could have taken a nice long walk instead of my run, but we spent most of the day on our feet anyway. I figured that I could as easily run on Sunday night or Monday, without taking time out of our vacation. Trouble was that I flew home with a whisper of migraine, and it took a couple more days for that brain fog to dissipate.
Now, this weekend, we’re moving to a new apartment. I’ve hired a local moving company to take care of the larger pieces of furniture, but there is plenty to do in the way of preparation. For one thing, I have been moving all the furniture I can lift to one corner of the kitchen so there will be more space in other rooms for boxes. And on Wednesday, I jammed my big toe into the base of the ottoman while moving it, and snapped the toenail in half. I’ve done this before – once in middle school, a week before having to perform in a ballet on pointe. I managed. But this time the injury was somewhat worse. Fully half of the toenail was separated from the nail bed, and it took a good thirty seconds of ungodly pain before I could regain my composure.
“NOOOOOO!!! MY TRAINING!!” was my first thought. Toenails take a very long time to heal. The split will probably still be there in October when I’m running the marathon, as if I needed a greater challenge! Runners are somewhat susceptible to toenail issues in the first place, and I don’t want this injury compounded. Fortunately, I could e-mail my coach for advice. Apparently a couple days of rest followed by a good toenail trim should take care of it. Much better than I was fearing.
Here’s hoping July is a better month for training!