ouch! an update

so after feeling so good and so cocky after that 10k, a couple of runs later i was in real pain in one foot. not like the day of my first 5mi long run where i felt good old shin splints after running the first 2 or so miles downhill (dumb in hindsight) but rather real ouch in many places, across the top of the foot, around the achilles, in the calf....to where i could barely walk much less run. after a couple of days of that i went to a podiatrist, who did some xrays and found nothing, and just said give it a week or two of no running, get some more neutral and cushioned shoes, and stay more on flats for a while. so now it's a week after that and i can finally walk everywhere without pain, but haven't yet got the new shoes (brooks glycerin 7 will be the ones, i think -- tried on all the neutral shoes i could find and these felt best, but when my foot was still hurting so before plunking down another $100+ on shoes i thought i'd wait till its better and try on again) nor tried to run. i'm holding off on that till the weekend. hopefully that'll be enough time.

but it serves me right. stick to the training program, not only don't do less but be careful about doing more; stretch more (not emphasized nearly enough in the training programs, but i have to figure was a contributor); we'll see.