Early in my running career I developed all kinds of injuries, but not being the regular running sort, I never gave them an opportunity to bloom. Ever since I've been running regularly (2-3 times / week) I've started deveoping a searing pain in the sole of my foot.
My reading had prepared me for this scenario, but nothing prepared me for the pain. Plantar fascitis, is apparently a common running injury, manifesting itself more often in how shall I put it ... the more corpulent runners. It has something to do with some muscle in the sole being inappropriately stretched. For me the simpler explanation is 'the heavier you are, the more you stretch the muscle in your sole, which connects the ball of the foot to the heel'. Makes a lot of sense ... does not necessarily make me feel too much better.
For the past few days i've been struggling with taking even a few steps without wincing in pain. My evolution as a runner is manifest in that instead of putting off running for a fortnight, I immediately start looking around for answers. On the internet the truth is out there ... unf this truth sits alongside some cockamie theories, whcih makes it hard to tell which is which. So I went through plantar stretches, tippy toe routines, toe towel pulls, self massage (unf I don't live in bangkok) and finally came upon something that made sense - I needed to invest in running shoes before all else, since mah boots were made for walkin' - running wasn't part of the program.
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