I haven't run since last Thursday when my 'new shoes' left my foot feeling very stressed. It was even aching when walking so I wanted to give it sufficient time to calm down. Today it felt pretty good even after walking the loop on my lunch break, so tonight I planned to go for an easy 2 mile run. I laced up the new-new shoes that were the same everything as my old ones except for the color. It did not go well and I'm freaking out!
Seriously 4 strides of running form into my workout and my foot cramped and had shooting pains underneath, on top, and along that outer edge of my left foot. I stopped immediately and walked back home. Now I have pain upon just walking again. I could just scream, or cry, or both right now! I'm sort of hoping it was more due to a charlie horse cramp since it felt a lot like that, but I'm skeptical. I am so frustrated that I worked and worked to straighten out my knee issue with the ultimate goal to be able to run Chicago. Now less than a week before the race I'm wondering if I'm going to be able to run, and not because of my knee (which is feeling great) but because some idiot at the running store put me in the wrong shoes. My plan is to rest it and stretch it until it feels good again... which will hopefully be prior to Sunday. I will be wearing my old shoes from now on until all fall races are complete! I plan to pre-medicate with Ibuprofen on Sunday if it still feels sore since it definitely feels like a soft tissue injury. My goal of getting in under 5 hours isn't looking as promising as it did a week ago when I crossed the half-marathon finish in under 2:10 :( Please left foot heal quickly, and I promise never to make you wear those mean pink shoes again!!
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