Keep it up. And just remember to feel your pain. If you mask it you can’t trust your body to prevent making it worse.

I’ve spent some time with long distance hikers, and not one of them was pain free. Some quit due to pain, and others walked through it. Some got worse and some got better. After 5 months, everybody at the end was in pain, but we were also still walking 25 miles per day. For me, each morning putting weight on my feet felt like I was crushing every bone in my foot. I hobbled around through coffee and breakfast and packing up. After about 20-30 minutes of walking the pain was gone. After the trail, my feet hurt every morning for about 2 to 3 weeks. But without a mile to walk it off, they would hurt for a couple hours at work. Eventually it faded away.

Anyway sometimes pain is there to tell you not to do something. And other times it’s just there to tell you to be mindful and gentle. It takes practice to discern the difference.