After a day of sleep, and same with the night, I woke up this morning to a still sore foot. The pain had actually dissipated somewhat over the course of yesterday, so I was surprised with the intensity. Not as bad as yesterday morning, but still not good. And that's when I finally took a good hard look at my foot.
I had figured it was something in a tendon or ligament in my mid-foot that was causing the problem, but no. There's a bruise, about the size of three quarters laid edge to edge, running from my midfoot to under the ankle along the top of my foot. Every time the foot tried to support weight or push off, the muscles of the foot and the metatarsals are pushing on the bruise. It looks like it should just take some time to heal, and all will be right.
I don't know what I did to create this bruise. I may have drilled my foot at some point during the race. Maybe the shoes I was wearing on Sunday need to be retired. At this point, I've got nothing. But a few days of quality rest, and some naturopathic bruise cream, I should be able to finish up my peak/taper and be ready to fly on the 14th.
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