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I've been keeping my feet up and trying to heal from my Plantar Fasciitis. With the exception of when I have to work I keep off my feet and when I am walking around I make sure to wear shoes that have some insert in them for extra support. It took a solid twenty days, but I am pain free when I get up in the morning! Today, being a nice cold Texas day, I hopped in my car and drove to a nearby park for a run.

I put on my Couch to 10K app, made sure Charity Miles was running and hit the path. The park wasn't as nice as I was hoping. It was just a circular path around the soccer field with a small off shoot loop trail that went into the woods, but both loops combined wasn't even a full mile. When I go running again I'm going to look for a different park. I like getting to run through the trees and get a bit of nature. Running in circles drives me almost as crazy as running on the treadmill.

So far, so good on the pain front. Granted, it's only been a couple hours since I logged my first 1.5 miles of the year, but I'm keeping on eye out for any flareups. It felt good to get back out there and I hope I can do it again tomorrow. I'm going to roll my feet and take some anti-inflammatory meds just to be on the safe side. But I am optimistic.

Plus, as a bonus, I got to mark off 1.5 miles towards the Sonic 7K virtual race for the Whovian Running Club!
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