I wore the token green today. I don’t want to talk about it.
I did not sleep well last night. At about two in the morning, my toe started to hurt. I think I’m getting an ingrown toenail there. I had an operation to correct that on my left foot, but my right foot is still susceptible. My toe nails are really wide so I have to be careful about this. I don’t want to get an operation to fix it now because I’m in training for a marathon. I don’t want to throw away all that work because I’ve got to give my feet a rest for two weeks..
Anyway, a dull throbbing pain in your toe does not let you sleep well. In the past, I used to use some topical liquid that I think sedated the pain. I don’t have that anymore. (It eventually expires.) So at around three in the morning I started rummaging through the medicine cabinet for anything. I grabbed some anti-inflammatory from last year. (At least I think it was an anti-inflammatory) and put some on the toe. Standards of safety drop like a brick at three in the morning. A while later the pain stopped, and I’ve been fine since.
Today at work I found out that a co-worker is leaving the company. Alex was always nice to have around, because he had a little fame about him. In his younger days he won the yellow jersey in the Tour de France. He is now going to be reporting on the Tour de France. With his departure though, I get to claim the spot as the healthiest person at the company. When I say healthiest, I refer to exercising. Not eating. I’m on the eat whatever I want diet.
Speaking of running, I’ve noticed that the Wednesday runs aren’t very encouraging. They only last about forty minutes. It takes me about half an hour to warm up. So for most of the run I’m not feeling relaxed. I feel like I’m just plodding along. But for the last ten to fifteen minutes I feel great. I was really motoring along and I felt like I had good form. But still, most of the time, plodding.