On Saturday afternoon I decided to test out my toe. I had been walking pretty gingerly with it up until then. So like true Matthew fashion, I decided to heck with the “easing back into things,” I’m going for a run!
And my little jog turned into a marathon event. I ran down the beach road (where my friend was mugged) to the fish market and then back up Julius Nyarere through downtown Maputo, down the hill (you’re not supposed to run on), and to Baixa (downtown). I was running about 1:20 so at 10km/h that’s about 13 kilometers (7.5 miles for you Americans). But that wasn’t enough to test out my toe. So I met some friends across from VIP Hotel in Baixa (downtown) on Av. 25 de Septembro (you guessed it, the street is called September 25th) and played some ultimate Frisbee.
I had never played ultimate Frisbee before so it was all new to me. Rules are pretty simple.
1) Require field 100 meters x 37 meters
2) 2 teams – we played with 5 a side but I’m not sure official guidelines. As far as I’m concerned, the more the better.
3) One team serves to the other team by launching the Frisbee as far as they can down the field.
4) Team member catches Frisbee. Can not move both feet, can only pivot on one foot kind of like basketball.
5) Team member with Frisbee throws Frisbee within 10 seconds to another team member who must immediately stop running.
6) Repeat steps 4 and 5 until a team member catches the Frisbee in the end zone.
After an hour and a half of Frisbee I thought to myself, “well maybe the toe needs some stretching while I cool down” so I walked home which took another 45 minutes.
So all in all it was a 3 hour workout to make sure my toe was ‘A okay.’
So you can all rest assured that my toe is on its way to complete recovery. No bleeding in a few days and the nail has bonded to the skin beneath. Half my nail is black and half is still alive and kicking so I’ve got a funky looking toe.
Enjoy the picture ;)
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