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Oh I shouldn’t speak too soon.

I’m, not going to say "I told you so!" I went to the gym the other day looking for some low/zero impact exercise equipment and discovered that when I wear my running shoes my foot is entirely pain free which is encouraging.  Anyone else found this with PF? I’m wearing them all day now and I have to say my foot does seem to be improving.

This makes perfect sense. PF is an irritation of the fascia and wearing your running shoes keeps your arch supported and minimizes the strain to the fascia. Anytime you are diagnosed with PF the foot vet will tell you not to take a step without sliding you foot into a supported footwear. This even means taking a leak in the middle of the night.   Hopefully you have caught it in the early stages and following the usual steps will chase this away quickly. The fact that wearing shoes suggests an early inflammation. This does not mean one day rest and hit the track for 20X400 at 60 seconds. All the same I’ve decided to play safe and have some time off running (much as I hate the idea) and give myself plenty of recovery time before I start training for my next marathon.

Between your marathon and whirlwind 5k you now understand your rate of recovery. — Caveat Lector "the further you go outside, the further you go inside" – B. McKibben Doug Freese

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Oh I shouldn’t speak too soon. I’m, not going to say "I told you so!"

I knew it was niggling before the 5k but I’ve absolutely no regrets over runing it. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I went to the gym the other day looking for some low/zero impact exercise equipment and discovered that when I wear my running shoes my foot is entirely pain free which is encouraging.  Anyone else found this with PF? I’m wearing them all day now and I have to say my foot does seem to be improving. This makes perfect sense. PF is an irritation of the fascia and wearing your running shoes keeps your arch supported and minimizes the strain to the fascia. Anytime you are diagnosed with PF the foot vet will tell you not to take a step without sliding you foot into a supported footwear. This even means taking a leak in the middle of the night. Hopefully you have caught it in the early stages and following the usual steps will chase this away quickly.

This morning it was painless in bare feet when I got up so I’m hopeful that I’ve caught it early.  I will continue to take it easy and give it plenty of rest before I run again.  Like others here, I’ve rather taken to the rowing machine down at the gym. Tim — Outgoing mail is certified as probably virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Oh I shouldn’t speak too soon. I’m, not going to say "I told you so!" <snip All the same I’ve decided to play safe and have some time off running (much as I hate the idea) and give myself plenty of recovery time before I start training for my next marathon. Between your marathon and whirlwind 5k you now understand your rate of recovery.

I’m figuring it out the hard way too. I was dieing to go running after the MCM, even if just to get some blood flowing, and tried to do a jog 5 days after. Knee pain, so I stopped after two minutes. Tried again 8 days after. Little pain, but I needed to run off that big tailgate party the day before. Stupid mistake (running, not the party). Setback. So now I’m riding my bike to burn calories until the joints recover. I’ll give it at least another week. Live and learn. Mike

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Sign up for another big race asop. Then the depression lifts and you can "enjoy" a proper recovery period before starting the training all over again. However … it is apparently quite common for people to set PBs in shorter distances soon after a marathon. Even I managed to do so in a