Well, I'm out for training for the 3rd time now, for at least a couple of days. On Monday I was doing the crossfit routine which included 3 rounds of double unders with the jumprope which I'm not great at. Well, apparently my form was pretty poor and I caused too much force on my right foot because the next morning I woke up unable to bend my right toe without terrible pain. If I just don't move it, it throbs with a slight pain which is very annoying. Today (Wednesday) I woke up to it hurting even more, barely able to walk on it. I have to walk on the right edge of my foot to get around which is annoying. Luckily the people here are very helpful and recommended a strain/muscle ache ointment that I'm now using, wrapping my foot up in one of my hand wraps, haha. And one of the trainers is going to massage it later today as it's similar to a fight injury.

I feel pretty lucky still (or pathetic, haha) since my injuries/sicknesses have been pretty tame to some of the people here. Injuries of late have included stress fractures, a broken foot, motorbike accidents, ankle sprains, to name a few. Most of these come from fights, training too hard or just accidents outside training, but for me to just have a bruised knuckle, strained foot and a slight bit of food poisoning isn't too bad when you consider what other injuries could keep you out longer. To me it's worth it though. I feel a lot better these days given my higher level of fitness. I wonder what it'll be like training once I get back to Chicago. The heat/humidity is increasing day by day here making it that much harder to train 100%. You have to do the best you can given the climate, but it should prep me rather well for the calmer climate back home.

So I plan to read a lot I guess while I wait for my foot to heal. But I'm not going to let this keep me totally away. I can still use the rowing machine and do upper body workouts, so that's what I'll be doing. I guess that's really how you push yourself right? When one thing goes wrong, do what you can to still realize your goals or focus on another thing that can go right. I just don't want to waste any days here.