Posted by Derek Lee-Wo on September 5th, 2007 in Chicago, Injury, Marathon, Training

After my Sunday run, I noticed that the outside area of my right foot was a bit sore and it lasted throughout the rest of the day. There was no swelling and I didn’t think much of it. By the following morning, it felt fine. Monday was a rest day.

Yesterday I went out planning to run 7-8 miles, but after just 2.5 miles, the same area started to hurt. It got so bad that I had to abandon the run. Not only could I not run, but I couldn’t walk without a limp.

When I got home, I started feeling the area to see if I can tell where the pain was coming from. I’ve circled the area on the image to the right. The area wasn’t painful when I poked it, but I could feel a dull pain. It only hurts when I actually stand, walk, or put any kind of pressure on my foot.

Luckily, I had a Dr’s appt yesterday morning as I was planning to get a blood test done to ensure I wasn’t anemic. I had them also take a x-ray so I can confirm I don’t have a stress fracture. Unfortunately I wouldn’t know the results until the end of the week.

I decided to rest today and while my foot feels a bit better, I can still feel a dull pain when I stand or walk.

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Posted by Derek Lee-Wo on September 2nd, 2007 in Chicago, Marathon, Training

The last 2 weeks have been about the same as it’s been for the last few months.  I did set one important goal for last Sunday’s run though.  Regardless of how bad I feel I’m running, I wanted to do a long run where I was on my feet for 4 hours.  I decided not to bother about worrying about pace or how much I had to walk, but rather, just to keep moving forward for 4 hours.

That long run started off about the same as my previous runs, but I’m happy to report that I managed to keep moving for 4 hours and I managed to cover 19 miles.  I had figured that I would have probably done at least 18 and I was hoping I could have made 20, but I was happy with the 19 miles.  I did notice some cramping in the last mile if I tried to run so the whole of the last mile was spent walking.
I plan to do one more long run like that before my marathon, but I hope to make it a 20-miler.

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