So according to last week's PT appointment I do not have tendonitis but rather irritation to both the soft tissue and the bones in the 3rd and 4th metatarsal region. The physical therapist said this was likely caused by substantial inflexibility of my calve muscles. He said I should take two weeks of no-impact exercise (this is in addition to the 10 days I took off prior to the appointment) and gave me instructions to do calves stretches twice-daily, holding the stretch for atleast 60 seconds and repeating 5 times.
As a result of the appointment, I ended up taking Tuesday-Friday off. I also tried the stretching routine but ended up with sore achilles in both legs. I haven't done the stretches since.
Even though I was told not to run, I still went ahead with running the 4-miler on Saturday. Zach was running it and I figured we'd run it slowly together and, if it hurt, I'd walk. It had also been two weeks since I'd run so I thought maybe I'd be healed. The race actually went way better than expected. Firstly, both Zach and I ran sub-34:00 watch time which, while slow, was much faster than either of us had planned. And it felt good; I was barely sore and winded the entire race. My foot also didn't hurt during the run nor did it hurt afterwards. This was actually quite surprising, but definitely a good thing. As a result, I've decided start running again this week, despite the physical therapist's wishes. It'll be a slow return but I'm looking forward to running again.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Stepping Back
Still no official diagnosis on my foot. I ended up taking all of last week off in part to give my foot a good rest but also because I was sick with a bad cold turned sinus infection. The unfortunate part is that my foot still hurts. While the pain has gone down significantly since Sunday (i.e., I'm no longer limping about), I still notice a very dull, subtle ache every so often when walking. I'm still convinced it's tendonitis (BAD tendonitis) but am considering the possibility of something more severe like a stress reaction or *gasp* fracture. I have a physical therapy appointment tomorrow morning where I hopefully will not only get answers on whats going on with my foot, but also a rehab routine.
I have officially dropped out of the 1/2 marathon. I feel pretty badly abandoning Kara but just don't think it'd be wise to try and wing another 13.1, especially since I'm already injured. I am still planning to run the 4-miler this weekend partially because I already have paid for it (I fortunately hadn't sign up for Great Bay yet) and partially because I'm going home to NY to visit my parents anyway, but also because Zach's running it. He's been training a lot these past few weeks and has made incredible improvements and is pretty excited to run a race with me. I figure I can swing a slow 4 miles and if I can't, well I guess I'll walk it.
I'm considering taking a bootcamp class offered at a local yoga studio starting this week. My dad takes a similar class at the local YMCA and loves it. The class offers a lot of variety in terms of exercises and is a killer workout. I do still plan to run 3-4 days a week, but for the next few weeks, the focus will likely be this bootcamp class. The hope is that this class will get me in shape, both in terms of weight and strength, and to a point where running won't hurt as much. Once the class wraps up at the end of April, it will be back to running full-time and hopefully consistently.
I have officially dropped out of the 1/2 marathon. I feel pretty badly abandoning Kara but just don't think it'd be wise to try and wing another 13.1, especially since I'm already injured. I am still planning to run the 4-miler this weekend partially because I already have paid for it (I fortunately hadn't sign up for Great Bay yet) and partially because I'm going home to NY to visit my parents anyway, but also because Zach's running it. He's been training a lot these past few weeks and has made incredible improvements and is pretty excited to run a race with me. I figure I can swing a slow 4 miles and if I can't, well I guess I'll walk it.
I'm considering taking a bootcamp class offered at a local yoga studio starting this week. My dad takes a similar class at the local YMCA and loves it. The class offers a lot of variety in terms of exercises and is a killer workout. I do still plan to run 3-4 days a week, but for the next few weeks, the focus will likely be this bootcamp class. The hope is that this class will get me in shape, both in terms of weight and strength, and to a point where running won't hurt as much. Once the class wraps up at the end of April, it will be back to running full-time and hopefully consistently.
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