Believe to Achieve

Went to Amazing Spiderman with Troy, Courtney and Troy's high school friend Dave and wife and a couple of his kids.  Went to bed at 1 am.  Woke just before 6am.  Drove my tired Courtney to swim team.  For some reason I was very awake for only sleeping 4.75 hours.  Ran in my mizunos.  The mirages caused my back to ache and my ankle numbness to be even greater along with arch pain.  Not good and depressing for me. I have an MRI for my lower back today.  Worried it won't show what is wrong and I will have to pay more money to the foot and ankle dr.  I think I have tarsal tunnel syndrome.  The pain and numbness in my ankle fits completely with how I have been feeling to a  T.   It also talks about how people with back problems can have a "double crush" on the nerve --- lumbar disc compression cause pain and numbess down the leg to the ankle as well as further compression through tarsal tunnel.  I have noticed my foot on the left is flat now when I used to have an arch so something weakened in my ankle which in turn must have caused my ankle to turn inward and cause impingement on the nerves.   I do not like NOT  feeling my ankle. That tells me nerves are dying.  Anyway....I still got in my run but by the end my left lower back was aching and that nagging "hamstring" --really sciatica was trying to show its face.   I think the mirages run yesterday played a role there.   My legs felt good in the mizunos despite the lingering pain issues from yesterday's run.  AP 8:00 for 6 miles.  Ran up to the canal (great hill work) and ran on trail for three miles.  SWAM a 1800 yards (1760 yards is a mile, so just over a mile as usual).  FEELING REALLY STRONG IN THE POOL.  My breathing is finally connecting well with every three strokes and my flip turns I don't feel like I am out of breath like I had my first four miles I have done.  I felt smooth.  Maybe it was my new racing bathing suit : D  I FELT GREAT in the water and swam over a mile in 33:30.    34:50 with a couple of breaks.  I really should do some triathlons.  I think I could do very well if I weren't so scared of road bikes!!  LOVE MY MOUNTAIN BIKE!!!  I know I have said this several times before. I just feel safe on it!!