Welcome to the forum,

I've had a little pain like yours when I started barefooting, in my
case it was nothing to bad, a few days of massaging took care of it.

I massage the top of my feet with my hands and fingers, for the soles
I use a tennis ball. To this day I still massage with the tennis ball
but rarely need to massage the tops of my feet.

I'm not running the ING but I do live in the north Atlanta metro area
and have run several races here barefoot this last year.

Are you in the Atlanta area ?

Terry





--- In RunningBarefoot@yahoogroups.com, "mswagner78" <mswagner78@...>
wrote:
>
> Just joined the board today. I ran a half marathon in 07 with shoes
> and ruined my ITB. I almost gave up on running because it just kept
> hurting, but then I found out about barefooting and thought I would
> give it a try. I started running in 5 fingers (I know, not quite
> barefoot) back in March of 2008 and I'm currently building for my
> first full marathon. I know many of you are true barefooters, but
> since I have felt the sting of rejection from the shod crowd for my
> independently moving toes, I was hoping I could hang out here.
>
> I do have a couple questions,
>
> I have had some pain between my second and third metatarsal on top
of
> my foot about an inch behind my toes. Anyone have any ideas for
> stretches or other conditioning to help with this?
>
> I'm planning to run the ING GA marathon in March, anyone else going?
>