Chapter 2 page 296 - TR 103 the whole thing & heel update

Here's what you need to know  - 

13 miles - DONE!
hill training - DONE!

The part that's not important - 

It wasn't pretty!
It wasn't easy!
It wasn't fast (my watch accidentally got reset at mile 9- huge bummer).
We went backwards (by accident) on one part of route and changed the last 4 miles of our route like 3 times. 

Heel update - this is an important update!

I have had a busy week and not had a chance to post about my heel (I know you were ALL waiting eagerly for a progress note-sorry to keep you on the hook!).  Well, this week my "normal" therapist has been on vacation so I've had the other therapist.  The very first scrape on Tuesday I broke out in a full body sweat.  I screamed out loud (there was absolutely no holding it in).  It was 100% more painful than what the other therapist had done.  Oh my friends- there is NO way to describe it.  I thought it had been a horrible experience these past 5 weeks - nope, that seemed like a day spa treatment compared to what this other therapist was doing.  The ONLY upside is that he only scraped 5 times (instead of 20) in each direction and usually did only 30 scrapes TOTAL (as opposed to more than 200).  He decided that after 20 - I was done for the first treatment - ummmm, that's because I was no longer laying down - I was standing up screaming (though my foot was still in his hands - think stork stance)!!  No chance I had any sort of containment or maturity or dignity.  Later, he stopped by my office and said "It's good it wasn't your left foot because I would have used my right hand and I could have really dug in but using my left hand I don't get very good force."  He was dumbfounded when I explained OVER AND OVER that he was pressing sooooooooooo much harder than the other therapist.  I swear he didn't believe me.  Well - he actually has another patient he has treated this week who also confirmed he is day/night from the other therapist (vindication - not nuts after all!!!).  Yesterday was my 2nd session with him.  My reaction was the exact same - out loud screaming (the department director later said it sounded like the orgasm scene in the movie "When Harry Met Sally" - I was yelling "OH M - Sweet God, M!!! OHHHH M STOP! . . . M did say that he was glad that no other patients were around - yep!).  After the appointment I was in so much pain - I totally knew that I was NOT going to go through another session of this!  I guess that's good because he put me back on the other therapist's schedule and told me that "He was done with me!"  (Nice! - the feeling was mutual buddy- ha!). 
Well - guess what . . . . after my 2.3 miler last night my heel didn't hurt at all!  And now, tonight, after my 13 miler - it hurts only like a 2-3 (instead of a 50 out of 10) . . . .even after I stand up after sitting for awhile.  "C" said that she has never seen me walk so well.  While typing this post I've gotten up a couple of times to let my dog in/out PAIN FREE (well, other things hurt, but not my heel) - I would have NEVER volunteered to let the dog out before - just too painful. 
Now what????  More sessions of the absolute WORST PAIN imaginable?  I think it looks that way (HUGE SIGH!!!!!!).  Stay tuned for how I do tomorrow morning -that will be the official test of my progress though I definitely notice a HUGE IMPROVEMENT right now (God is good!!!)