just because I have the hottest fashion accessory around and you don’t! Yes, that’s right people, I have that oh-so-trendy and sought after Night Splint. I’m just gonna be one hot steamy ball of pure sexiness in bed now. Then again, since I’m not currently in a romantic relationship, I guess it doesn’t really matter after all.

Yep, that’s right. I’m going for round 2 with my Plantar Fasciitis (PF). As some of you who have been reading my blog for a while may remember, I battled it about three years ago as well. At that time, I was able to ward it off with a set of custom orthodics for my shoes and a lot of stretching exercises.

Well, around the time of my vacation to Hawaii, it started rearing it’s ugly head once again. I went back to performing the stretches, but it just wasn’t getting any better. I finally broke down and went to the podiatrist. The course of treatment this time is more of the stretching, another set of the custom orthodics, the night splint, and a prescription-strength anti-inflammatory medication. If all of that doesn’t clear it up, the next step would be cortisone shots. He said if that still didn’t clear it up, then we would look into “other options”, but he never specified what that might entail.

I’m actually signed up for a 5k race with my friend Darla on Sunday. I’ll have to play things by ear to see whether or not I’ll actually do it. It will depend upon 1) the weather and 2) how my foot is feeling. The weather is definitely a big factor. The forecast is calling for a chance of showers and temps in the low 50′s at race time. Now I’m sure that might sound wonderful to many of you, but for those of us in southern California, that might as well be a Nor’easter. My biggest concern is that a damp cold could aggravate my PF even more, and I don’t want that.

I’ll be heading back to my Weight Watchers meeting on Sunday for my first weigh in since starting the new Momentum program. Given that I’m doing the 5k race right before my meeting, who knows what number I’ll see on the scale. I don’t usually go out for a 3 mile walk/jog before stepping on the scale at WW, so I’ll likely either be really happy or really disappointed.

In training news, I’ve actually revamped my training schedule for the Rock ‘n Roll Seattle half marathon as well. The new plan will kick off on Monday, Dec. 29. Until then, I’m just going to focus on trying to get out several times per week to walk. I’ll post more about my updated plan sometime this week.

Hope everyone has a GREAT weekend!