Almost there. Will take you
Almost there. Will take you up on that next month. I took 10 days off after the 5k race and the painful spot on my left fib was gone by the 2nd day, so I no longer think it's a stress fracture. On the advice of my chiropractor, picked up some nice, supportive, cushy shoes (Merrell Trail Gloves - which compared to bare feet and my VFF Bikilas are all of the above) and did 1.5 miles on the treadmill. And then when that didn't seem to re-aggravate anything, did a 50:50 5K on squishy trails and asphalt the other day. I've still got a lot of tension in my lower legs, but running in the Trail Gloves seems to hit different spots. Going to try for an easy 3-4 miles on the D&R tomorrow night (assuming we're not getting lashed by hail and lightning) and then throw a barefoot run around the track later in the week just to keep up the muscle confusion. We'll see how far I can get on the hypothesis that 1) I need to ease more gradually into my training this year coming back from the stress fracture and 2) that repetitive stress is what did me in last year, so I should vary my footwear and running surfaces more this season to spread the damage around (and maybe just take every 4th week off from running to let things 'reset').
