What To Do? (Read 707 times)

So my first marathon ever is on Sunday..the Philadelphia Marathon. However in the last few weeks I've been experiencing some foot pain on the top of my foot. It has finally begun to become uncomfortable when I walk. After talkin to a friend..i was told this may be the beginning of a stress fracture. I feel that after the marathon I will most likely have a stress fracture. So what do i do? Run the race and risk the stress fracture... I really do not want to skip it, since Im paid up and trained. Any suggestions?

Have you changed shoes lately, or tightened the laces tighter than usual? Check out this link:http://www.runnersworld.com/runnersbody/tool.html

ok so here is my plan. Take some motrin the night before and morning of the race. Run with some orthodics in and complete the marathon. Then after completion take some time off from running to let it heal and get it checked out if pain persists. I will start biking or swimming for fitness until healed. How does that sound? ANy other suggestions?

!! I don't think the suggestion was to tighten your laces. It was a question. If you have tightened your laces too tight you may be experiencing pain from that. I know this because it has happend to me a few times. I did not notice it when I was running but later that day and for the next few days I experienced pain on the top of my foot. It seems silly but it can hurt.. big time. Obviously this is not a big deal at all. Losten the laces for a day or two and see if it goes away. Good luck.

So my first marathon ever is on Sunday..the Philadelphia Marathon. However in the last few weeks I've been experiencing some foot pain on the top of my foot. It has finally begun to become uncomfortable when I walk. After talkin to a friend..i was told this may be the beginning of a stress fracture. I feel that after the marathon I will most likely have a stress fracture. So what do i do? Run the race and risk the stress fracture... I really do not want to skip it, since Im paid up and trained. Any suggestions?

I had the the same issue. Problem for me was that I put my chip onto the eyelett of my shoe's instead of the laces and tighted it too fast, in turn putting pressure on the tendon on the top of the foot running over the 1st metarsal (spelling?) What I did was undo the laces right above where it was hurting and ice it before and after runs. Since it's so close to your marathon, you may want to rethink and do another one. You could probably run and finish Philly, but in alot of pain. BTW I was worried that I had a stress fracture or was getting one. I think it takes 8-10 days for the tendon to heal if that's what the problem is.