Fattozig: I had a pair of uncustomised 2130 insoles that I put in the shoes. Everytime my foot hurt, I laid off of the running for approx. a week. Maybe that's too short, but everytime I started running again my foot was fine, no pain, nothing. I've been sticking to short distances. I'm now trying the TM running and see if a softer surface will help. Plus, as soon as I feel anything I can just hop off and that's it instead of having to make it home in pain for another X kilometers. Besides, this week is a bad week for running for me. The extra rest might do my foot some good. At least, that's what I tell myself

Think I found out what my foot pain is (with thanks to another runner with the same problem on another running forum): The Peroneus Brevis muscle helps you go up on your toes (plantar flexion) and also pulls the outside of the foot upwards (eversion). Its tendon attaches to the fifth metatarsal (below my little toe) on the outside of the foot. This muscle can get very tight in runners especially those who run a lot on roads. So I gather it's a form of tendonitis, right? .. yep. Treatment: ice when it's painful. Sports massages and stretches when it's not painful.l

I was just going to mention that! should've before, sorry. I had the same thing a few weeks ago, but I was thinking you meant closer up to the 'toe' part of the toe... where this attaches makes it seem more like midfoot. i'd meant to ask which movements hurt it. (also, turning your foot out to the side when it's flexed?) sorry, i've been behind. i'm a bum. Mine came at a time i needed to cut back for other things, so it's one of the very few things i've nipped in the bud. Was really bad initially... happened toward the end of a LR & I could barely walk back to the car. here's what Ben Benjamin says ... stop strenuous activity immediately, use ice therapy. (I know, no news there) he recommends a corticosteroid injection if it's the brevis instead of the longus if it's chronic, & yours is starting to sound like that. suggestion is that if it lasts more than a few weeks, to get medical treatment. since working back gradually hasn't done it, maybe you should see somebody??? Is your doctor back? there are some exercises in here too i can tell you if you'd like.