The rainy season isn’t quite upon Portland runners, but we have been getting a taste of it recently. I really enjoy running in the rain, as long as it isn’t a downpour (which is fun in it’s own way). The sprinkly rain we have gotten this week is really refreshing though it does tend to make things very humid. Today when I was doing my post run workout, it felt fantastic to have the rain on my shoulders as I was doing push-ups.

Today I did an afternoon run which I rarely get to do in the summer because of the heat. Today it was pretty cool and the aforementioned rain kept things very nice. The only issue I had going on today is my feet. Running in the motion control shoes does seem to help with the pain. One of the most difficult things about my foot pain has been separating pain I feel from injury from the ms pain I feel in my feet. I can run through the ms pain, but I don’t want to over do it with the injury pain. I would rather recognize that and take it as the warning it is meant to be.

Running through the ms pain is not that big of a deal at this point in my ms career. It is more of a discomfort. But sometimes it does feel like my foot is sort of cramping up and stiffening. It sounds worse than it is, but it still isn’t great! I do think I can run through this with no problems. As long as I can rely on my muscle memory and awareness of my foot placement I think I will be ok. I think if that goes say from an extended break from running, that I’ll be able to build it back up. I would think this would be the same for someone just starting out as well.