You know who hates taking rest days more than us? This guy:
I noticed my little man was limping on Tuesday, but didn't think much of it because he'd been running and tearing with 3 other dogs all weekend. Wednesday evening, I noticed his paw was swollen in between his toes. I started soaking his foot in warm epsom salt water, but when it showed no improvement today, I called the vet.
They got me in immediately (if you're in the Charlotte area and need a vet, talk to me!). Based on what the doc saw, he thinks it might be a tumor. The area was too sensitive to biopsy it without sedation, so we're going to be conservative right now- pain meds, antibiotics, more epsom salt soaking, and lots of rest.. Hopefully it's a cut or an infection and that will take care of it. We go back in two weeks.
I'm a very sad puppy momma =( Of course I'm disappointed Roscoe won't be able to run with me for a while, but it hurts to see my baby hurting. Guess his brother will have to give him lessons on being lazy.
I got in my second post-50k run this morning. Three very....slow... miles. I didn't expect my running/cross training to be stellar this week, but it's still frustrating. I've been spending time getting to know the spin bike and the elliptical, a trend I think might have to continue into next week.
Some dreaded knee pain is rearing its ugly head again, so I'm going to be super careful to follow the RICE plan- rest, ice, compress, elevate. Not like last time where I did the RICE without the R (unless that R stood for Running).
Moving right along...
If you haven't heard of #OpHarcoreFit, you should go check it out on Meg's blog here. Basically, it's an accountability program for bloggers, or any online fitness people, to be involved in.
Are you a member of OpHardcoreFit? What's your big goal?
Any tips to stay focused without running?
Any fun plans for the weekend?
glad you had a good run minus the knee pain...
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm so sorry for poor Roscoe! Those sweet eyes would melt me instantly. Please let us know the minute you hear something. I'm prayin' it's good news!
ReplyDeleteYou should revel a little bit more in your accomplishment of a 50K in order to make your spirits cooperate more in your recovery. After even running a fairly slow 20 miles yesterday, my legs are pretty darn tired. I know you will be feeling better very soon.
Thanks for this post and keep your (and Roscoe's) chin up. I'm rooting for both of you!
Oh poor puppy! So sorry, that made me really sad to read! Congrats on the 50K! I can't believe I missed that!!!! I'm so helplessly behind on blog reading….I wish that could be my job :) I'm going to try to find the recap now! You're amazing!
ReplyDeleteOh poor pupster :-( I hate it when one of my furbabies isn't feeling well. It's great comfort when you really like your vet. We really like ours and the groomers there as well. Sorry to hear about the knee pain. I'm not the person to help out with focusing and not running right now. It's really killing me.
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