Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Shoes

I have determined that it's my trusty Nike Structure Triaxes that have been root of my foot pain.  I'm not 100% sure, but my foot was feeling great after running in my Frees for a week, but when I put my Structures back on, it seemed to regress.  So, for now I will be using my Nike Frees exclusively.  I've been doing 3-4 miles each day that my knees feel up to it, and my cardiovascular fitness seems relatively unchanged from December, which is when I stopped running.  In fact, I was feeling good on my second or third run, so I knocked out the middle 2 miles of a 4 miler in 15:00.  This was a bit of a mistake, as my knees are not ready for that pace of running yet, but I think I'll be able to switch from purely easy running back to some threshold and interval training in 2-3 weeks.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Enough.

OK, enough messing around.  I'm pretty sure it's just a nerve in my foot, and it's not getting any better, so I'm just going to resume training and deal with the pain until I get better health insurance.  Did 4 miles today without discomfort in my Nike Free's, so that's a good start.