Things haven't been great lately on the running front, as I seriously over did it trying to keep up with my wife. She wanted to do some speed work and wanted some company, so I went along for the ride. It was great while we were doing it, but in the following days I had quite a severe pain in my left foot / ankle. I visited my father in law for an inspection (he's an orthopedic surgeon, very handy to have in the family) and he determined that I had a mild case of tendinitis. Hmm, not cool. He advised taking a week off with regular anti-inflamatories and icing, which I did. I tried a short 20 minute run in my VFF's after that (this past Sunday), but it still wasn't feeling quite right, so I'm going to tone things back even further, unfortunately.
Along those lines, I went out last night and did about 25 minutes in my old running shoes, followed by 10 minutes in my bare feet (yes, carrying my shoes... I'm sure I looked even more ridiculous than usual). It's very frustrating though.. in my shoes I feel incredibly clunky and slow (even though my pace was decent), and after a bit my right knee starts to hurt quite. Conversely, when I'm running in my bare feet or FiveFingers my knees are perfectly good, but my ankle and some tendons on the bottom of my feet can hurt. Ah well, I need to keep at it.. one way or another I'm going to make this work!
Oh, and I'm going to be getting another pair of FiveFingers (the Bikilas) as my parents are going down to the states for a week. I'll be ordering some shoes to their address and have them smuggle them back across the border for me.. :)
