Just read an interesting article about the connection with persistent lower leg problems due to having weak hip muscles. I also had shin splints and hamstring pain when I returned to running because of having the “too much, too soon” syndrome. Did hip strengthening and lower leg exercises with resistance tubes, aside from observing good running form, stretching and other important stuff before and after running. Surprisingly, my aches and pains dramatically disappeared. Head on to http://runnersconnect.net/runn… http://runnersconnect.net/runn… and also http://www.cnyhealingarts.com/… for many eye-opening and helpful articles. I hope you find the solution to your problem sooner than later. :)

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Hey man, you know, I will try anything right now. Ill google and give it a shot. Like you said though, all of the others have provided temp. Relief.

I’d suggest starting somewhere in the transitional shoe range – Brooks Cadence/Flow, Saucony Kinvara/Mirage, Asics Gel Lyte33 are all good options. Tough to pick a single shoe off the bat, you really have to jump in and tweak from one shoe to next until you find the right combo.

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Thanks Pete, I’ll look into all of those and see if my local ‘RunnersWorld’ has any in stock for me to try on, if not I’ll take a chance buying straight from the internet. Sorry for the late reply, no need to tell you about the demands placed on new fathers!

I noticed too. The 16 miler at 8:10 stood out for me as a bit on the fast side. I’m shooting for a 3:30 marthon in May (a stretch goal to be sure) and run my long runs near 9:10, though I’ll get a 13 miler at 8:08. I’m following the Jack Daniels plan, so I do shorter, faster runs too. Similar to Pete I need to choose whether to go with the Saucony Virratas or the Sketchrs Go Run Rides.

I have not tried that. The most success I have had was taking one of those old glass coke bottles and putting it in the freezer. After I get finished working out, I will roll the bottom of my feet on top of it back and forth. It hurts while doing so, but it’s one of those pain that “hurts so good” if that makes since. I don’t know man…. It’s really depressing. Worse pain Ive ever felt. That and shin splints are a runners worst nightmare. Thanks for the advice to all

No problem, happy to help!

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The issue is the problem may not actually be at the site of the pain. Sometimes pain can manifest in the foot because something is tight higher up the chain. For me, I find I get foot pain when my calves get really tight, particularly the lower calf muscle (soleus). When this muscle is tight, it pulls up on the heel bone and can put stress on the PF under the foot. Loosen up the calf and the pull lessens, pain with it. It’s worth a shot. Bent knee calf stretches and rolling the calf are what I’d recommend – you can roll on a foam roller, a piece of PVC pipe, or even a rolling pin. Here’s a video demonstrating: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…. The crossed leg version hurts like heck at first but is was very effective for me.

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I had the same problems with the middle-toe (the feeling that a kind of an aching knob was under the joint) about a year ago, when I switched shoes: from NB MT10 to Asics Hyperspeed. Running in the Asics aggravated the toe-joint more and more and after running four times in them I switched back to the NB. After the second run in the NB the pain was gone. Reason? I was curious and took a closer look at the Asics: I discovered a small implemented foam-pad directly under the forefoot, which caused it to hang through and aggravated the middle toe joint.

Maybe all humbug, but in my case, ditching the Asics was the solution.

Best Michael

Thanks, it’s been really helpful to write this stuff down, may continue doing it post marathon as well. Keeps me honest :)
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