Yah, it stinks. I had a short 1.2-mile hill run on Tuesday to test my toe after stupidly stubbing it last week while monkeying with my new Garmin. Then yesterday I had my first decent trail run, a little less than four miles. The toe's still a little stiff, but didn't bother me during the run. Small victory. I guess I'm back in business. Intriguingly, I did my best to keep to a 10-minute pace on the trail I was running, and found myself going a lot faster over the gravelly spots than I usually do. I got one sharp bruising to the right heel, but otherwise did OK. I'm really digging my new program of keeping distances to under five miles while pushing the pace. It feels like a better workout, and I can hardly wait to see what average pace my Garmin reports when I run on asphalt tomorrow (I'm hoping for a sub-nine-minute average). Then over the winter I think I'll try several months of long and slow, when more treacherous footing might necessitate that approach anyway. Happy recoveries everyone!