I'm definately not going to get very close to running a marathon if my body keeps coming up with constant injuries like this... so I took my weeks of rest for the stress fracture, and then ran several miles with my dog, Roscoe, this last Friday and Saturday. So that was all fine, my stress fracture on my right leg hasn't bothered me at all, now it's something new.. a pain in my left arch?
So as I said, I ran Friday and Saturday but then took Sunday off. Monday morning I'm ready to start running again and head up to HYPER at UNO. I strapped on my gym shoes to run some laps, and they were a little tight... so I loosened them... ran a little more... loosened some more. The shoes were feeling tight on the top of my foot, and I hadn't moved more than 2/10ths of a mile, so I changed into my normal running/walking shoes.
Well, now I had noticed that the inside of my left foot arch was bothering me. It didn't go away all week and I haven't run much, just some time on the ellipitical. I bought some insoles on clearance and tried out new shoes on Wednesday at Peak Performance, but didn't buy any shoes since my arch was still bothering me. Now my insoles squeek (why can't they make them not squeek?!) so I put the standard ones back in, and it's not bothering me too much today. I went back to my SWEAT class for the first time in like 6-7 weeks last night! I really didn't have a problem... ran on my toes, and my arch didn't bother me.
So yeah -- I've got 12 miles planned for Saturday morning, lol! I'll give Jerry a call and see how I'm feeling, but now I'm just hoping I can do half. I'll push myself as hard as I can go, but not if it means breaking bones and such. =(
Posted by bwiese at March 26, 2004 03:16 AM