I'm injured and it's not looking good. What started out as a slight nuisance on Thursday during a cooldown after our meet, escalated into an unbearable pain by Saturday morning. I'll elaborate:
Thursday we had a meet in Warsaw. I was doubling up in the 800 and 1600, hoping to run a quick 800 and then get in a solid effort in the 1600 for the win. After an okay 800, I won the 1600 in 4:39 in flats feeling controlled. With that I was pretty excited, so when getting ready for my cooldown my coaches asked me if I'd be able to hop into the 4x400 as one of our runners was having a bit of an injury. Tired, but still feeling good, I figured I'd do it and put a little more speed onto a solid day of work. For not having run a 400 since Junior High and (embarrassingly) never having broken 60 in the race, I wanted to see what I could do. I ended up running 56.85 for my split which I was pleased with for a "slow distance runner". My parents weren't at the race, and since I was riding home on the bus, I had to hurry up and get my cooldown in. When cooling down on the track though, I did notice a slight pain in the bottom upper part of my foot. It was hardly noticeable though, so I didn't think much of it.
Friday I didn't notice anything when walking around during the day with flip flops, so had really forgotten about it. During my 8 miler though, I noticed the pain again midway through. It was still more of a nuisance, and definitely bearable. I couldn't distinguish whether it was the bone, my arch or what though, so did normal mileage. Afterward though it was more noticeable walking around and I started taking it a bit more seriously.
Saturday morning I had a tempo run on the agenda, and a tentative plan to get a total of 10mi in on the day. In hindsight, this was the mistake. Knowing about the foot but not wanting to have the week's mileage suffer I didn't change the plan. When on my 3mi warmup, I was somewhat confident that the pain was in my foot tendons and not the bone. The pain was a bit more noticeable but still "nothing". Did some strides and started off on my 20min tempo run. I opted to wear trainers being somewhat cautious about the foot. I felt that I was compensating some with my form as the pain was maybe 4/10 on a pain scale, but still felt fine. At 13min in though, it was as if a switch had flipped and the pain had suddenly become unbearable. I immediately stopped and was lucky that my Dad was following me, so I hopped in and headed for home, scratching the planned 200s as well. Since that point I haven't really put any weight on the foot as it has been to painful to even walk.
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| Left foot's purpleness compared to right one.. |
It's crazy how quick things can change and how I felt on top of the world even Thursday, but by Saturday couldn't even walk. I'm still on crutches, and will be until I feel that I can walk pain free. This obviously couldn't have happened at a worse time, and I've been pretty upset over the matter. The worst case scenario is that it's a stress fracture, which if that's the case, I can kiss my season goodbye and all of the work that I've put into it.
I've been getting around on crutches for the past 3 days. I went to Benningfield Chiropractic on Monday in Peoria, and as I've mentioned in a previous post, they've done some good things for me. We took the conservative approach and tried some ARP shock treatment which will help if it's not a stress fracture. I'm going back tomorrow (Wednesday) to see if there is any improvement and most likely take an x-ray, or MRI, or bone scan.
Video of the treatment:
The last few days have really only consisted of aquajogging, which isn't too exciting.
At this point, I really don't know what to think. I'm still holding out hope and will definitely update you guys when I find out more.
I'll also post the last week's log sometime soon..
Hoping for the best
-John
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