“Control the controllable and manage the uncontrollable!”

I had my first restless sleep last night. I felt really anxious about 2am wondering if I had any idea what I was getting myself into. Started to think of all the things that I'd forgotten to do and the extra training that I should have done. It's all due to a silly heel injury that I have suffered on my left foot caused by using the Merrel shoes and road running in them. They were fine in the 30km Wild Horse run but I think that I have a over-pronation strain from the Twilight HM road run. I cycled on the Monday & Tuesday after, then swam on the Wednesday. On Thursday I decided to take a break as I still felt quite stiff from the weekend. I had planned to do 10km out to work on Friday morning, then 10km home, then back that up with 10km on Saturday & Sunday. I got to work on Friday OK, however the Merrel shoes felt uncomfortable. I think they have a higher centre of gravity than the Salomons. When I started to run home that arvo, it felt like I was running with a stone in my shoe causing a sharp pain in my heel. 1km down the road I turned back to the workshop. Luckily I had my mountain bike there so was able to ride home. Saturday morning arrived and I could hardly place my heel down to walk - it was really painful. It's still uncomfortable today (Wednesday) but feels as though it's healing.It did allow me to get back onto my road bike on Monday for a fast 45km hit out. I've only been out on it a couple of times since I rode to the Gold Coast last October and it felt really good. I'm off to the gym this afternoon for a proper weights session. I'm searching for any cross training that I can do at the moment to rest my foot. I'll swim tomorrow, cycle Friday and then try a 5km run on Saturday in my old shoes. If my foot is still playing up I may be having a few more restless nights. As Pastor Stan says: “Control the controllable and manage the uncontrollable!”