Foot, Tears and Foot Races
The results are in. No NYC Marathon this year for me. Not the worst thing in the world but I am definitely frustrated. I had been fighting with Plantar Fasciitis since about March 2016. Took a Cortisone injection in April, relief until mid July. Since then it grew progressively worse. With each training run came pain afterwards that lasted hours to a day. Lots of ice, rolling, splinting, stretching, ART and TLC. I did everything I was supposed to do. KT tape was my best friend. Until 2 weeks ago, during a 17 mile run it took a turn. The whole run was painful but I can deal with pain pretty well. It was worsening and I was getting fussy. My times were good, I was 30 sec/mile ahead of goal but I knew the last few miles were going to hurt and I’d lose that which was fine. One step lead to another and then ... Rip! I feel a tear and burning in my foot. It stops me in my tracks. I didn’t like to ever stop because starting up hurt more. I take another step and it’s really sharp. ...