Foot Injury

Arrgh!

Dammit, I think I injured my foot by overtraining. I swore that that would never happen to me.

I had what I thought was a good hard training session, not so hard as to cause injury, only 15 km .. after all I've just finished a half-marathon. But in the days after my right foot was a bit sore, but only a little. Just enough for me to think "this must not turn into a real injury"

So I took a full week off, and took an easy 5km run just to check. no problem but the soreness was still there but did not get worse. so after 4 dayes of rest i took another run .. this time the problem disapeared? Only to reapear after the next run. Both runs were 7km.

Possible reason / solution

After giving it some thought I think I've found the reason for my problem, my shoes are worn out. I think they should have been thrown out at least 1-2 month ago. The reason I haven't bought new ones, is that I wanted to get a "running test" done by a physiotherapist first.

Concerning my marathon plans .. I still think its reachable but more of the training must come from cycling.