So, the pain on top of my left foot continued through my tempo run today. I wore my foot pod on the right foot and the right foot was fine. The left foot is a little tender to the touch, but not extremely painful. It gets worse the further I run. I don’t think it’s a stress fracture. I’ve done a little bit of research on the problem, and I may just be tying my shoes a little too tight. In any case, I’ll have two days off from running now, so hopefully that will help.
Planned workout
1 mile warmup
2 miles at 9:32 pace
1 mile easy
1 mile at 9:32 pace
1 mile easy
2 miles at 9:32 pace
1 mile cool down
Actual workout
1 mile warmup
2 miles at 9:32 pace
1 mile cool down
During my mile cool down, I had the motivation to continue with the next mile running, but my foot was beginning to hurt and I didn’t want to jeopardize Saturday’s long run. I’ll do a strength session tomorrow, take Friday off and try the 9 mile long run on Saturday.
I would ice it on your off days fifteen minutes at time. It could be inflamation from the laces and the pod. I tighten the bottom two holes, leave the next two loose then tie the top two tight.
Sounds like a plan. It’s feeling better now that I’ve inadvertantly take na few days off.