I pretty much toed the line for a local 5k this morning- but ended up turning around and jumping in my car and driving home instead. Two weeks ago, I hurt the outside of my foot during a Tempo Tuesday run. I'm not even really sure how it happened. It was cold and raining and suddenly my foot had a sharp pain below the outside of my little toe. Now, anytime I wear any fitted shoes, it hurts. I have exactly one pair of boat-like shoes that does not irritate it. They are fine for training, but not speed work or racing. In fact, I was forced to wear them for the last half marathon I did earlier this month which made me feel clumsy. I'm not sure if it is a bunion issue, nerve or bone spur. It only took me .5 mi into the warm up to see that it was going to start screaming if I ran much more on it. I debated going home and running on the TM, but decided to rest instead.
After two weeks, I think I'll just drop by the podiatrist for a quick check. Hopefully the day doesn't turn out as bad as it did the last time I visited his office.
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