Avoiding injuries

Posted January 26th, 2008.

Does your running shoe have arch support? Mine does. It’s there to help me because my arch tends to collapse as I run. Its no big deal. This is common in many people. The technical term is: pronate (as in, my foot pronates when I run). Well, today, the arch support (for some unknown reason), was rubbing the wrong way on my foot and irritated my arch to the point that I had to stop running.

My stamina was high enough that I could have continued running (I had planned on running 18). But this is one of those times where you have to put your plans aside to preserve your health. I could have continued, but the injury would have put me off my feet for a bit. Something I don’t want to risk.

–Joe
12 miles in 1:55:00