Well, I picked up the insoles this morning and took them for a wee 10km run this afternoon (just got back).

The good news is that, whilst I can still feel a bit of weakness in my left foot, I can stand on tip-toe so, fingers crossed, the insoles, and the additional arch support they provide have resolved the issue.

Huzzah! :)

I'm gonna take it easy for the first 5 runs (10km ish max per run) and continue to monitor my metatarsalwossnames. Providing things haven't worsened I'll throw in a couple of 15km hill runs and then, assuming success, I'll work my way back up to my long runs.

28th September

Just a quick update - after about 70km my legs still aren't back to what I'd call normal. I've had to (or feel that I've had to) practically learn to run all over again, starting with 5km runs. I'll admit that I overdid it at the start (those 10km runs back from my German lessons were probably a mistake).

Oh :) and it's the Spartathlon this weekend :) so good luck to everyone taking part.

Well bugger!

Went out today for a very slow run, very very slow, and yet the "injury" returned. It's not as bad as it was a few weeks ago but I'm having problems raising my left ankle again.

Very annoying!

I'm gonna have to wait, I think, for the insoles to be ready, before I run again.

Injury update:

Well, I had my Ortho appointment today. Very pleasantly surprised as my appointment was for 16:20 and I saw the doc at 16:25. He poked and prodded, in pretty good English, for a few minutes. Squeezed my feet and gave the impression that he knew what he was doing, which is always a good thing.

He diagnosed meta-tarsel thingieameebob. Something to do with my high arches, wide feet, and a weak forefoot (I think). I didn't take notes so have forgotten a few things (as you can tell from my medicalese).

His treatment was to suggest I get some custom insoles, which will give extra support to my arches, so I went next door and had my wide feet measured up (I stood in some weird box). It'll take a couple of weeks to make them but I'm cleared to run. The doc did suggest that I need to break the insoles in so to take it easy in them at first - something I need to remember.

Anyway, I'm gonna get back to running tomorrow so hopefully this'll be the penultimate update.