I saw Dr. McCarty early this morning and she took a look at my foot. She probed, prodded and poked, and of course nothing hurt. At least it was still slightly swollen, so I knew I wasn’t imagining things. A couple of x-rays were taken (and no, Virginia, there is no stress fracture) and the verdict remains the same, persistent tendonitis.

The perscription? Low mileage (20-25 per week, about what I’ve been doing). More toe stretches. Ice more quickly after running. Oh - and take two weeks off after Freescale, with the next month easy… and no marathons for six months after that. The half in Indy is okay, though.

I’ll be in Boston for most of this week on business, so we’ll have to see how much running I actually get in. I did pack my shoes, at least, which is a good start (and more than I managed over New Year’s).

My Freescale plans are getting smaller and smaller. Now I’m really thinking that I’ll try to run well at 3M, and do Freescale more like a solid training run. If I feel moderately strong, I’ll go for a 3:45 since a ton of folk I know are aiming for the same speed (and with Jason as our pacer, I’m sure that we’ll do fine). If I’m still feeling injured, I’ll just do it as a long run with more like a 3:55 goal. If I feel really good, I’ll ask someone to smack me until I start acting sensibly again.

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