I really enjoy your blog and race reports and I'm glad to see that you are recovering.
I was searching Morton's Neuroma on RWOL and saw your post from last April there. Like yours, my symptoms are different; no numbness or burning feeling in the toes. My pain seems to be squarely on the ball of my foot. The pain is much worse in the mornings or after I've sat for a while and especially if I walk barefoot.
In November I decided to take a break and ran only 29 miles. That was pretty disappointing because I lost my 100+ miles per month streak. I didn't run at all for 9 days and then tried a short run of 3 miles. It felt a little better but not much. I decided to push through it and the past two weeks I ran 21 and 25 miles however, I can tell that this is not going to work.
To make a long story short, you said that your doctor treated your injury as if it was a stress fracture. I don't think that is what I have but I would imagine that is how I should treat it. If you wouldn't mind giving me quick recap of what you did during your recovery I would REALLY appreciate it. I'm registered for a marathon in May and I'm getting concerned I'm not going to be able to run it this year.
Question about your injury...
I was searching Morton's Neuroma on RWOL and saw your post from last April there. Like yours, my symptoms are different; no numbness or burning feeling in the toes. My pain seems to be squarely on the ball of my foot. The pain is much worse in the mornings or after I've sat for a while and especially if I walk barefoot.
In November I decided to take a break and ran only 29 miles. That was pretty disappointing because I lost my 100+ miles per month streak. I didn't run at all for 9 days and then tried a short run of 3 miles. It felt a little better but not much. I decided to push through it and the past two weeks I ran 21 and 25 miles however, I can tell that this is not going to work.
To make a long story short, you said that your doctor treated your injury as if it was a stress fracture. I don't think that is what I have but I would imagine that is how I should treat it. If you wouldn't mind giving me quick recap of what you did during your recovery I would REALLY appreciate it. I'm registered for a marathon in May and I'm getting concerned I'm not going to be able to run it this year.
Gary
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