Peroneal Tendonitis.

Peroneal tendonitis...this is the diagnosis I got when I further freaked out about the pain in my foot and saw a podiatrist this past Tuesday.  Basically the tendon that goes behind the ankle bone and then along the outside edge of my foot is inflamed.  What is it with my tendons???  It seems they are very easily irritated these days and it's really beginning to irritate me!

The good news is that the podiatrist thought with resting it I should be able to run the marathon on Sunday.  He took some precautionary x-rays and all 3 films came back normal..Yay!  The area is not painful to the touch so I think it's a lot less severe than the patellar tendon injury I had.  I'm on a prescription NSAID, icing it, supporting it with KT tape, and most importantly not running at all.  It's hard not to test it out, but I want that area as healed as it can possibly be at the starting line so I'm trusting the regimen.

In other pre-race news it's going to be a chilly one this year!  Here's the forecasted conditions for the marathon as of today...

    
I haven't ever ran in temps this chilly for an endurance or long distance race before.  I've experienced this weather for a 5K, but I imagine dealing with these elements for 5 hours will bring a whole new aspect of running.  It should be interesting.  But it's the Chicago Marathon, and it can't help but be epic, and awesome, and super cool regardless of what mother nature throws at us.  Also, tons of runners posting to the marathon facebook page are very excited for these temperatures, especially since the last few years have been so hot in Chicago on race day.  I'm sure they know what they are talking about...after all this is only my 2nd marathon.  I'm hoping to embrace the cold and have a fabulous run!