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I'm hoping the snow holds off until after my half is over tomorrow...  That's all!

The experiment of trying to roll lots and run normally this week has made my leg worse.   I think I need to stop running and go get xrays.

Melanie - does it feel broken?  I thought you were able to feel knots in it?  In any case, rest should help.

I couldn't tell if it was a knot in the muscle right under the bone, or the bone itself.  In any case, there's one super tender spot right on the inside of my leg (sort of up under the back of the bone), and that's where it hurts.  Stretching does nothing for it.  Rolling loosens up the muscles around it, but I haven't been able to find a knot.  But running hurts with every step, and doesn't get better as I warm up into the run.  I can sometimes not notice it as much if I'm doing speedwork, but then it starts hurting even when I'm not running.  Last night was a miserable run.  It was like I had no ability to push off the ground with that leg at all, in addition to how it hurt.  I almost felt like my foot was sliding backwards with every step.  Today I ran a mile on the TM just to see if the constant pace would help.  It hurt.  Not as bad as yesterday, but still that feeling every time my leg hit the belt.  Tomorrow I rest for the first time since November.  Hopefully I don't have to wait too long to get in somewhere.

 

Zel - that sounds terrible.  I don't know if your area has ZocDoc but I've found them useful for finding appointments quickly.  There are user reviews of all of the doctors and you can filter by your insurance.  When I sprained my ankle a couple of years ago I immediately made an appointment with an orthopedist using ZocDoc instead of going to the ER where I would have sat around for hours in pain.

Good idea- thanks!  There's a new fancy sports medicine facility in town, so I'm going to try to get in there first.  I have no idea what the wait will be- I put on the request form that I'm in marathon training and time matters, hopefully they will be sympathetic.

It was cold and gray and windy so, after walking Ben, I had no desire to spend any more time outdoors.  I got on the TM to run six and had the same weird issue I had last week:  I kept feeling like my foot was slipping and I was about to fall.  I had to hold on to the handles for the first couple of miles before I got my normal sense of balance, and even then, every once in a while I would lose it.  I've run hundreds of miles on this TM without any problems, so why am I having such a hard time now?  I kept the pace really slow, though that almost seemed to make it worse.  I think my cadence was really slow, so my foot was on the belt longer than usual.  It has been a month since the marathon and I'm still not back to usual speed.

It was cold and gray and windy so, after walking Ben, I had no desire to spend any more time outdoors.  I got on the TM to run six and had the same weird issue I had last week:  I kept feeling like my foot was slipping and I was about to fall.  I had to hold on to the handles for the first couple of miles before I got my normal sense of balance, and even then, every once in a while I would lose it.  I've run hundreds of miles on this TM without any problems, so why am I having such a hard time now?  I kept the pace really slow, though that almost seemed to make it worse.  I think my cadence was really slow, so my foot was on the belt longer than usual.  It has been a month since the marathon and I'm still not back to usual speed.

That's so weird!  I wonder if it's some sort of inner ear thing?  Maybe you've been fighting something but not really getting sick enough to notice at other times?