It's been nearly 6 weeks since I ran the South Carolina mudder twice in one day, and my body still hasn't fully recovered. Partly, I think this is due to my own silliness, but also there are just the general aches and pains associated with getting a bit older.
The biggest issue has been a case of Turf Toe that I "caught" (if that's the right word for what happened) during the mudder itself. I must admit, I used to scoff at professional athletes who would be out for weeks at a time with a turf toe injury (yes, I'm looking at you Deion Sanders). Well, having gone through it, let me offer my heartfelt apology to Mr. Sanders. There's nothing quite like a toe injury to really put you off working out.
Eventually, I improved - although I'm still not 100% - by taping my toes together to immobilize the big toe. It's worked, and allowed me to restart the Insanity workout regiment. Of course, having taken a month off of working out, I probably should have taken a slower start to getting back into it. I ended up really crushing both my calves, and have been hobbling around for a few days. That's not even mentioning the fact that my right wrist is hurt (I'm still not sure what happened with this one).
Of course, this didn't stop me from signing up for the Miami mudder in March. The plan is to do it on both Saturday and Sunday. That's the next challenge. Perhaps eventually we'll ramp up to doing doubles on Saturday and Sunday. I'm doing the best I can to take care of my body and let all of these nagging injuries to heal, but I also know that I need to keep on it or I will start to slack and won't be able to recapture the initiative.
The biggest issue has been a case of Turf Toe that I "caught" (if that's the right word for what happened) during the mudder itself. I must admit, I used to scoff at professional athletes who would be out for weeks at a time with a turf toe injury (yes, I'm looking at you Deion Sanders). Well, having gone through it, let me offer my heartfelt apology to Mr. Sanders. There's nothing quite like a toe injury to really put you off working out.
Eventually, I improved - although I'm still not 100% - by taping my toes together to immobilize the big toe. It's worked, and allowed me to restart the Insanity workout regiment. Of course, having taken a month off of working out, I probably should have taken a slower start to getting back into it. I ended up really crushing both my calves, and have been hobbling around for a few days. That's not even mentioning the fact that my right wrist is hurt (I'm still not sure what happened with this one).
Of course, this didn't stop me from signing up for the Miami mudder in March. The plan is to do it on both Saturday and Sunday. That's the next challenge. Perhaps eventually we'll ramp up to doing doubles on Saturday and Sunday. I'm doing the best I can to take care of my body and let all of these nagging injuries to heal, but I also know that I need to keep on it or I will start to slack and won't be able to recapture the initiative.
