Tendinitis

That's the results from the podiatrist. He was a cool doctor and definitely was cool about training and stuff. He said it was probably caused by my flat feet and not having enough arch support in my shoes. He recommended to try to get some inserts from a running store. He said there a lot better now then they were when the last time I tried one. We'll see. He also prescribed some physical therapy which based on my 8 week timeline is the best for a quick fix. If the physical therapy doesn't help in 3-4 weeks he said he'd do a cortisone injection which would blast the inflammation. It's like the pros get before the big game. I'm sure the shot hurts like hell though so we'll hope the physical therapy works. I'm still trying to schedule that.

The best part was he said just to run but cut the miles in half and take it easy. This meant that I'm able to run again so I got back to the condo and laced up the running shoes. I was going to do an easy 90 minute ride but I decided a 4 mile run would be better. I was trying to keep my left foot as stable as possible to not bug my tendons. I basically turned in a tempo run which wasn't bad but man I felt it. Of course, the tendon warms up during the run so its not as bad as the beginning which is good because my form tends to have a little trouble at the end of tough workouts or long runs. I'll take it slow and just keep busting out 4 mile runs for the normal runs and try to get my one long run up to 10 something. Overall, I still have my base miles but man it's going to be hard to kill the marathon.

I got my new racing flats in the mail yesterday.

After seeing them up close they remind me of my first Nike marathon flats. This is a good omen as my marathon PR was on those bright green Nike racing flats. I can't even remember the name of that shoe but it didn't last long. The only bad thing is they are only a tad lighter than my training shoe. This is the real thing I don't like about my new training shoe. It had more cushion than my standard training shoe but ended up being lighter. I always liked the "fast feel" to donning the racing flats for race day. Overall, they're going to do the job. I just got to get the fast laces off my old flats.

1 month 30 days....ack!