Decided to run a goal marathon pace run today since my training hasn't really included many miles at GMP. Started out with a 1 mile warm-up and then got right into a 7:28, or better, pace. The splits went like this: 7:16, 7:03, 7:29, 7:25, 7:22. I am not really sure what happened in the second and third splits but feel pretty good about the run overall. It wasn't easy but it wasn't as hard as a good hard tempo run either. My foot pain wasn't too bad this morning and I am looking forward to seeing the podiatrist today and get his opinion. I'm not looking forward to the possibility of a cortisone shot.....those things hurt......especially in the foot.......and I am a big wimp.
The Doc: Well I found out I don't currently have a stress fracture (he called it a Jones fracture), or at least not one he can see on x-ray. He hasn't ruled it out entirely becuase I guess these things can take up to 2-3 weeks to develop into something you can see on x-ray. He thinks it is just some tendonitis in those tendons that attatch to the outer edge of the foot. He suggested if it continues to get worse we could do a cortisone shot but since it has gotten better he suggested waiting a week or so to see what happens. If it really gets bad he also suggested a bone scan to check for a stress fracture but that would be down the road a ways yet. So for now I am going to continue with the Ice and anti-inflams and get back after it. If worse comes to worse I will have a three week taper to ride the bike and tone it down and hopefully get fully healed.
Time: 53:46 7:41/mile
NB768 153.08 NB768 (new) 8.0 Saucony A2 11.9 | 