Foot issues

After my half marathon on Thanksgiving... my foot hurt really bad.. and thankfully my sister in laws father is a podiatrist and offered to take a look at my foot for me. Although I had previously seen a foot dr. they didn't have any idea what was wrong even after x-rays... no sign of stress fracture or anything... So I decided that I would have a go with my sister-in-laws dad...

He was awesome... he asked me questions... looked at my foot... looked at my shoes..... and told me what I needed to do....

Diagnosis: soft tissue injury... 

He said I needed better shoes.... I usually run in Altras... which I have loved...but with my foot hurting I thought I needed different shoes.. so I got some really cheap Sacouny's from Famous Footwear... and they were not the shoes I needed...but like I said I was just trying something different to see if maybe it was for sure the shoe... even after I bought the shoes I still had issues and my foot hurt... The only time it didn't hurt is when it was wrapped with an ace bandage...except for race day when I really needed it to help...  anyway... He said I needed to take some anti-inflammatory to help relieve inflammation... and no running or any type of pressure that would hurt my foot more than it was already hurt... that meant no Insanity... (boo...)  but I took his advice and was going to apply it... so I could hopefully start feeling better... 

I did the 3 weeks even better... I took the entire month of December off... with no exercise I was determined to give my foot the rest it needed... and yes.... totally fell off the band wagon with food... not so good in that department.... so far so good, no pain... and I have even started a new program... that post is coming next!!! Stay tuned!