For about the past 10 days I’ve been dealing with some foot pains that have gotten gradually worse. I’m out in Phoenix for the week, and was planning on opening up my 2009 season with the Desert Classic Duathlon. However, the pain has gotten pretty bad – so much so that I saw a doctor yesterday and was diagnosed with an irritated joint in my big toe and some mild tendonitis on the inside of my left foot. Since it’s still so early in the year, my coach and I have decided for me to opt out of this race and discontinue running for a while in order to try to get healthy before the real season gets underway. With any luck, I should be 100% again in 2-4 weeks, but I just don’t know. I’m doing all I can to rehab, and I’m sure I’ll get treatment 2-3 times/day when I get out to Chula Vista next week. So not the best way to start my season, but given all the adversity I faced last year, and the success I still managed to have, I’m sure I’ll get through this.
The riding in Phoenix has been pretty good. Lots of stop lights though, and mostly all flats. I got a kick out of the picture below, which I took on my 44 mile ride today: some dude in a BMW convertible with two of the biggest, puffiest dogs I’ve ever seen. This cheered me up.
hahaha
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Are those dogs or sheep? Or abominable snowmen? That’s pretty funny.