7 week, 7 month itch

December 6- Walked 2 miles at Hidden Valley with the dogs , fairly muddy . I did wear the Hokas for the first time on something trail like and did ok but wasn't all that confident in them . 17:41 & 17:31

December 7 - Same 2 miles with the dogs at HiddenValley in the Hokas . 18:54 17:08 we stopped to look at a mustang which tried to stomp Ray when he slipped under the fence while I wasn't looking to bark at it .

I used the wiggle seat/balance disk for 3 days at work , all day . I later read you should build up the time on it , oh well . I do have a flaw in that if it's ok to do something more of it must be better . I do have more sense than to do that with most things except pushing my body . I think that is why I was draw to ultrarunning . You really don't know how hard you can push yourself until you try something like it . I never thought I could do a 100 until I was working two jobs 7 days a week . I once worked 100 days in a row with no time off never late once for either job . I worked some other stretches of 70-80 days but 100 in a row was the longest . I realized that traveling 100 miles on my feet would not be nearly as hard physically or mentally as it was to work 100 days in a row . I realize right now I am pushing a bit too hard to recover because I am so damn tired of not being able to do something .

I missed a day of crunches so right now I am 1,600

December 8 - The plan was 8 miles increasing the running to @2 miles . Instead I stepped between the couches to grab something off the coffee table , turned and something went terribly wrong with my right leg . Not my knee exactly but right under it on the lateral side , incredibly painful . No pop but something soft tissue . It's slightly better today I almost want to say it's a hamstring thing but I can touch my toes with no problem If I bend my knee slightly and touch my toes it's agonizing .

December 9- Better but not right . I can walk normally and for no reason it will seize on me . I tried to wear my snow boots and couldn't lift my foot with them on without pain so I switched to flip flops , it was 21 degrees . Brian took off to run , marriage is so hard sometimes you absolutely hate your spouse . I will try to be careful today and maybe it will go away . I am almost 100% sure the pain is not in the joint but outside it . I have the horseshoer tomorrow so a long day of standing,  holding and dealing with pissy horses .

For every few steps forward I feel like I'm taking almost as many back . I am 7 weeks since surgery and not really happy with my progress and level of pain . I'm at 7 months since the injury and it's driving me crazy .