Had a chat about my running woes with Niall at lunch yesterday and he mentioned that he used to have a similar problem and was recommended some foot specific stretches. I gave it a shot when I got home, doing the stretches and generally warming my feet up before heading out for the run.

I also decided to take it easy, running with a HR around 140, rather than the usual 155, and all seemed to go well. I ran for 26mins (~4.5km) and didn’t have any problems with my foot at all. I think I’ll keep doing short, slow runs for a week or two before getting back into the longer stuff, and hopefully that will settle things down. It plays havoc with the half-marathon plans, but my time goal was a luxury anyway – nice to have, but not really necessary for my first attempt – so I won’t miss it.

I rode in to work this morning as well, and it was wet/damp again. It’s starting to get dark in the mornings too, so I’m soon going to need a good set of lights. I can probably postpone any purchase for a couple of weeks once daylight savings kicks in in April.

B: 11km – R: 4.5km