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--- In RunningBarefoot@yahoogroups.com, "mswagner78" <mswagner78@...>
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> Thanks for the responses!
>
>
> Luc, I think you hit the nail on the head. I have overdone it, I
> think I went for a marathon build too fast and too soon. It turns out
> my little pain is bigger than I thought and may be a stress fracture,
> so I've got to take some weeks off and regroup.

Oh. 8:-(

I hope it's not a stress fracture. I'll have good thoughts for you and
will anxiously wait to read from you that it was not one. Please let us
know how it went.




Mon Jan 5, 2009 1:00 am

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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...
mswagner78
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Jan 4, 2009
2:08 am

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....
mokagee
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Jan 4, 2009
4:14 am

... Welcome to the group! 8:-) I got rid of ITBS while transitioning to barefooting. I completed my 2nd marathon using FiveFingers and even if I had to fight...
luc_fortin68
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Jan 4, 2009
4:20 am

I just ran 15 miles yesterday, probably my longest run since Long Beach Marathon, last October. Today, I have similar pain on the top of my foot. I have...
Ken Bob Saxton
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Jan 4, 2009
3:04 pm

Thanks for the responses! Terry, I live in Savannah. I don't think I'm going to be running the marathon now though (see below...) Luc, I think you hit the...
mswagner78
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Jan 4, 2009
6:47 pm

... Oh. 8:-( I hope it's not a stress fracture. I'll have good thoughts for you and will anxiously wait to read from you that it was not one. Please let us ...
luc_fortin68
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Jan 5, 2009
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Thanks for the thoughts Luc! Today it's not hurting very much at all. If it is the beginning of a stress fracture, its not very bad yet and hopefully it will...
mswagner78
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Jan 5, 2009
9:20 pm

... Please forgive me if you have this mentioned on your site. One thing that helps me is... Walking on the outside and inside edges of my feet. Both forward...
Ronald Pyle
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Jan 4, 2009
7:54 pm

Welcome, mswagner78!! I experienced the same thing you are when I first started out running BF. I believe it came from consciously trying to "run on the toes" ...
Ryan - Barefoot in Va...
ardydub
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Jan 5, 2009
3:39 am

Welcome aboard! I started going barefoot and lightly shod for the same reasons -- to improve mechanics, and thereby cut down on wear and tear of knees, back...
mark_langley
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Jan 7, 2009
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