Runs with iPod

I'm just going to post-date the review of the BAA race. It's holding up my efforts to actually write about my daily running.

Let's get on with the bad news. I got a new, bad ache in my left foot today. Now keep in mind that my IT band problems are exclusively in the right leg. This sensation showed up about 1 mile into my run. I was going at a slow, easy jog along the Charles when I started to notice a tired muscle ache in the top of my ankle with every step.

The ache grew and grew until it was acute pain. I stopped. I stretched. I tried again for approximately 100 yards. It came on rapidly and I stopped again. I gave my foot a mental pep talk, which appeared to have no effect. So I turned back around. I executed a slightly pathetic limp-jog for a distance, walked, then limp-jogged some more. The running part itself accumulated to about 1.5 miles by the time I got myself back to the gym.

I used the upright bike to complete a cardio workout, then foam rolled, did some of the leg strengthening PT exercises and stretched to finish. It's now about 3 hours later. The top of my ankle has a subtle ache in the background when I move the leg around. That's about it.

My theories about what is wrong revolve around (a) my Dankso clogs which are horrible for my feet, (b) the 7 miles I spent marching rapidly around Boston this weekend in poor shoes, (c) my totally annihilated gym running shoes, and (d) the theory that I'm comping for my right IT band so much that its changed my gait and is bothering my left foot now in unforeseen ways.

I'm going to go for a jog in the morning, so we'll see if it lasts. I'm going to stick to 3 miles in my newer home running shoes, nice and easy.