I just got back from seeing the sports med doc - I cried on the way home - WITH JOY!!! He said that I am not in danger of injuring my foot further. There is quite a bit of new bone growth on one of my bones which indicates that it may have been stressed or fractured or whatever, but that it's strong now. In fact, he said it could have happened any time in the past 5 years, and perhaps I've just recently irritated it with all my longer runs, but that it is not stressed now. He advised me on getting different inserts for my shoes (professional orthotics, not just the inserts that I got from the running store) if I plan to run long-term, which I do. He also said to not worry about my last long run, which was supposed to be 20 miles this weekend. Instead, he suggested that I do shorter runs on a frequent basis (instead of my 3-4 runs/week during training.) After Saturday we are in taper mode anyway, only supposed to do short runs until the race. So the doc gave me the go-ahead for the marathon and said "Good Luck on October 11th!" Wooooo-Hooo!!!!!
I am SOOOOOOO ecstatic!!!! - Going to run RIGHT NOW! :-D
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