Halloween morning I went off to enjoy a long 10 mile run. Note this is coming on the heels of my pretty tough 5 mile run the morning before. Immediately I had a pain in my right lateral foot (on or about the 5th metatarsal). The pain was a dull ache that pounded with each step. It got worse and worse and at 0.9 miles I quit running. I walked back to the house.
What frustration! It is a terrible feeling being hopeless and hurt. My 10 mile race is coming up - supposedly my mental springboard for a marathon next year. Now I've got an injury to nurse.
I don't think its a fracture - no tenderness I can find and no swelling. Just pain in the general region of that bone, especially when I supinate my ankle and give it a little more pressure. Probably some tendon or joint space in there inflamed.
The plan is to chill on jogging until the race next weekend. I will work on the eliptical machine this weekend to keep strength up. I probably won't get a chance to run during the week as my new rotation has begun at work and it is insanely busy (some 30 hours just thursday and friday alone).
Stay posted.
6 years ago
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