Fat and flabby January

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

Since New Year's Day I've had considerable foot pain which has severely curtailed running aspirations, but I was feeling sufficiently pain-free to hit the streets this morning for a brief twenty minute jog around the block to see how things were. Considering the amount of pain I'd been in for the previous three days, the run went surprisingly well, with little to no discomfort and only mild, tolerable pain afterward.

I'm seeing a podiatrist next Wednesday about all this, as something is not right. Whilst the orthotics have been brilliant and enabled me to run pretty much injury-free for the last five or six years, I'm now having days where the pain in my feet only goes when I walk bare foot, although that of course just presents a whole bunch of other pains and strains. So it needs to be looked at, and I have the requisite appointment.

I shall report back afterwards.