{"id":924,"date":"2010-04-26T16:43:05","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T15:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/?p=924"},"modified":"2010-07-20T08:53:48","modified_gmt":"2010-07-20T07:53:48","slug":"unusual-running-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/unusual-running-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Unusual running injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an effort to clear up my Achilles tendon issue I’ve now operated on my shoes once again.
\nI did this a while ago as detailed on an earlier post <\/a>. This time, I’ve cut down the heel tabs on two pairs of road shoes that I rotate. I do think that the initial Achilles strain was caused by doing too much barefoot running too soon, but I suspect the heel tabs on my shoes are perpetuating the niggle as they press exactly on the swollen part of the tendon.
\nIt’s early days, but I think this is helping quite a bit.<\/p>\n

So what about the unusual running injury? Well, maybe this would not have happened if I’d not been wearing shoes, but I think I’m glad I was. Today, after five miles of a swift 6 mile run I managed to step into a pothole and upend myself in what was probably \u2014 to any onlookers \u2014 comical fashion. I didn’t find it too funny though. I thought I’d snapped my ankle as it turned inwards forcing me forwards on to the road and an impressive graze on my knee. Fortunately, I was able to hobble home after a brief rest where I was lying. I’ll have to be careful with my ankle, it’s swollen slightly and from the experience of myself and others I know these ankle twists leave the joint a bit weak and susceptible to repeat occurrences for a week or two.<\/p>\n

In general, the week has been light on mileage although I have managed 3 barefoot runs; the feet seem to be toughening up a little more, managing a barefoot run of 3 miles on the road without problems.<\/p>\n

Total week mileage: 32
\nBarefoot: 5.5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In an effort to clear up my Achilles tendon issue I’ve now operated on my shoes once again. I did this a while ago as detailed on an earlier post . This time, I’ve cut down the heel tabs on two pairs of road shoes that I rotate. I do think that the initial Achilles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-barefoot-running-diaries","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1205,"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924\/revisions\/1205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}