Spanish Fork River trail x 2 with Holly, Mac, Jen, Aubs, & Lily. Very enjoyable run. :) I talked to Mac a lot about my feet issues and she had some great suggestions. It was so good to talk to someone that has been through what I am dealing with and could relate because sometimes I just feel like I am crazy!
20 min weights
I went to the doctor this afternoon to get a thorough evaluation of my feet. I was not expecting a miracle but just wanted to rule out anything major and see what kind of suggestions I could get moving forward. I am just writing all of this out so that I have record for myself to refer back to. They did some basic x-rays and ruled out anything major like a stress fracture. The x-ray revealed that my feet look pretty normal but that my 2nd metetarsal is slighly long and my feet are abnormally wide for my size. (I already knew that but it was funny to hear it from a doctor.) The doctor was very thorough and diagnosed me with metetarsalgia.....so glad I could pay for that diagnosis that I figured out about a year ago.
Anyway he did give me some great suggestions:
- They gave me a free pair of orthotics that should help lift my heel and relieve pressure from the metetarsals.
- Dr. Weenig showed me several different taping techniques that will keep my toes straight and relieve pressure from the metetarsals.
- He suggested and showed me a new lacing technique for me shoes. He also suggested I try much wider shoes because my feet are so wide that a lot of it could be caused because my feet are abnormally wide. The term "abnormaly wide" was used a lot. :)
- He recommended I avoid hills and focus on my stride. He thinks I am maybe understriding when I run fast and I need to focus more on landing flatter and not on my forefront.
- He scheduled me for cortisone shots in both of my feet next Thursday and told me to race that dang marathon! <-----okay thats not exactly what he said but he is quite confident that cortisone shots would get me through the race...
PM: 2 mi easy | 