My Shoe laces were On Too Tight
Last Tuesday, i ran. It felt good. It felt great. I felt like i could run more. Wednesday came in and I felt a slight pain on the top of my right foot. I felt a good sting every time I walked on it. I ignore slight nuances like these and that is what I exactly did. Went through the whole Wednesday work day with out a hitch, save for a slight sting on my right foot every time I put weight on it.
Work was over and it was then time to go home again. Traversed EDSA with the hope that the rain would stop by the time I get home. Mother nature was kind to me. She must have noticed I was gaining back the weight I lost and made the rain stop. I put on my usual running gear and went out to run. The stings on the top of my right foot were gone as soon as I started to run. They were no longer stings and were transformed in to immensely painful jolts. As soon as i started running I immediately felt the jolt. It felt as though my right foot would give way to the weight it is carrying every time I stepped on it.
I thought the pain would go away. I slowed down my pace and kept on running. As cliche as it may sound, No Pain, No Gain so I kept on running hoping the pain would go away.
The pain didn't go away. The jolt became stronger and harder and more painfull with every step I landed.
I didn't even finish 1 kilometer. I had to stop at around 600 meters and walk back to my house.
I tried to recall what I could have done to get this kind of pain on my right foot. I used my Mizuno's last Tuesday. They were a great pair. They were nice and had a very snug fit on my feet. I remembered that I really pulled hard on my shoe laces that night. I researched about it and found out that the culprit was indeed my shoe laces.
http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cybertherapist/front/foot/extensor_tendons.htm
"Badly fitting shoes or shoes that are laced far too tightly causing pressure on the top of the foot."
I guess the Mizuno's were a little too SNUG for my feet and add the fact that I over tightened my shoe laces, that really put some serious wrong in my right foot. I'll have to wait this out. I need some ice packs on it and hope that the swelling goes away.
I hope I can still run bandit on sunday. I was planning to make my own race bib with an infinity sign as my number. That would have been swell. A runner with an infinity sign.
I hope I get better soon. I just signed up for another 21k. It will be on May 10. It will be amazing.
This is me getting back into focus. I will make it.