A perfect recipe for Plantar fasciitis.

     I ran my first marathon a couple of years.  It was an incredible experience that I really want to repeat.  Unfortunately, after the marathon I didn't take the recovery time I should have, upped my training and intensity level, and ended up with Plantar fasciitis, that has kept me sidelined for way longer than I anticipated it could.
     Well my feet have been feeling pretty good.  So a couple of months ago I'd decided I was going to try to get ready for a Half Marathon in my hometown on May 3rd.  I figured that if I started training for it then, I had plenty of time to slowly increase my mileage and would hopefully be able to finish it without my plantar fasciitis flaring up.
     First it got bitterly cold outside, to cold for me to want to run outside.  Then I managed to break the deck on my treadmill.  After ordering a new one, and installing it I then come down with a terrible cough my kids gave me, and couldn't hardly move without going into a terrible coughing fit.  This sidelined me for another couple weeks.  I was just getting over that when I tried to start running again.  I got a weeks worth of running in, before coming down with strep throat, that sidelined me again.
     By this point I figured what's the use, and gave up on running the Dino Half on May 3rd.  That's when out of the blue a buddy from High School sends me a link to the race, and says "Hey, let's run this together."  He's a really good friend, who lives a long way away, so what was I supposed to do.
     Of course I said "I'm in!", and immediately went to the website and signed up.  So now being the cheapskate that I am, there's no way I'm going to not run it after paying $53.50 for the privilege of running 13.1 miles. 
     So that now gives me 2 months to get ready for thing.  Considering I've basically done no running in several months, I'm afraid my Plantar Fasciitis might very well be in full swing by the time I'm done.  But what the heck, a chance to visit family, run in one of my favorite places, and see a good childhood buddy, it's totally worth it, right?
     So far I did 3.5 miles yesterday, and 4 and a quarter today.  Just another 9 to go.