Weekly Wrap

Just the three runs this week;

- Tue, 6 km (3.8 miles) 33:00 No HR data
- Thu, 6.9km (4.3miles) 36:30 No HR data
- Sun, 10.2 km (6.3 miles)52:30 Max HR 165 Ave HR 145

Today's run felt a bit awful, with the numb foot again frustrating me. Stopped and stretched after 20 minutes. Played around with the orthotic. Lasted another 15 minutes, stopped, adjusted orthotic, lasted another 5, stopped walked 5, adjusted orthotic, ran the last 12 minutes home. On top of that the shins are still sore.

I've just googled 'numb feet when running' and it brings up all sorts of issues from laces being too tight, worn out running shoes, through a problem in the back? Most likely cause would seem to be some pressure being applied to a nerve in the foot which results in the numbess after 20-30 minutes of running. I'll keep up my stretches but I'll probably have to get off my butt some time and see a specialist or a podiatrist as this has been hanging around for some time and is getting to be a real pain the --- as I can't run the distances that I want to.

Update on the Pose method. Given the calf strain I had which I'm guessing was probably a result of the extra load I was placing on my calfs, I'm not running Pose at present though I am still trying to be aware of my foot position on landing and not heel striking too much. Oddly when I was attempting to run Pose I was not getting the numb foot as much.



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