It must be that time, when we're just strong enough to over-estimate our abilities or something. Anyway,
my right foot is seriously messed up. I'm not sure how it happened; Sunday for the 10-mile walk I was wearing nasty cotton socks (laundry crisis) and blistered a couple of toes; I may have unconsciously compensated with a weirder than usual gait... short version, I walked 30 minutes with some discomfort last night and after this morning's 45 minutes I can't put weight on the foot without a lot of pain. I'm icing and taking aspirin, either tonight or tomorrow I'm buying a cane, and Saturday I'll head for the CC tent.
The pain is on the outer edge of my right foot, about even with the front of my shin -- according to the anatomy diagrams I can find, it's pretty much centered on the cuboid bone. I'm a walker, 200+ lbs, and a known severe pronator -- I use custom orthotics and Brooks Addictions. The pain is mostly dull; if I stupidly insist on walking it sharpens and radiates up the outer ankle just a little. There's some swelling along the side of the foot-- the "dip" just below the outer ankle bone has filled in. Sitting still it's maybe a 1 or 2 out of 10; when I started walking this morning it was about a 4, and when I finished it was probably a 6.5; bad but not bad enough to crawl. I've broken toes before (though not this one) and this isn't that sharp, horrible kind of pain.
Right now I'm frustrated, and trying to figure out how I can temporarily switch to swimming (which I'm not very good at) or some kind of water aerobics. I really want to be in shape for the Helvetia Half, though....