Well, I am up to 4.5+ miles running barefoot and am loving it. Last week on a normal short and easy run I diverted my attention from my running for a moment and stepped on a rock.
1 mile later I was limping and had to stop. I was barely able to walk home. It was really tender on the bottom, but by the next day it was only sore on the 2nd metatarsal close to the toe (left foot left side of toe. This area seemed to be directly above the impact zone.
I am training for a 70.3 half ironman, so I went to have it check so i would have an idea whether I should cancel. It was not broken, but after I mentioned BF running the doc said it could be a stress fracture and might not show up for 3 weeks. It still hurts, but as I said only on the top. It is impossible to roll to the ball of my foot.
Anyone have any advice on an injury of this type? I guess I want to know if it is just a bruise and if someone has a similar experience they could share their wisdom.
1 mile later I was limping and had to stop. I was barely able to walk home. It was really tender on the bottom, but by the next day it was only sore on the 2nd metatarsal close to the toe (left foot left side of toe. This area seemed to be directly above the impact zone.
I am training for a 70.3 half ironman, so I went to have it check so i would have an idea whether I should cancel. It was not broken, but after I mentioned BF running the doc said it could be a stress fracture and might not show up for 3 weeks. It still hurts, but as I said only on the top. It is impossible to roll to the ball of my foot.
Anyone have any advice on an injury of this type? I guess I want to know if it is just a bruise and if someone has a similar experience they could share their wisdom.