Dear James, Daniel and Emily
Had to suck it up and make arrangements to see a doctor about the feet. Which means that it is likely in my interest to keep the distances and mileage to a manageable amount for now. So I will put off the training program for the Half, and depending on what the doctor(s) say I may even have to skip it this year entirely. That being said, after taking a week off for other reasons I had no problems doing 3 miles this morning, so if that is my limit for now I will have to be content with that.
Partly it is the suspected gout. For one, it doesn't seem to have reacted to the change in diet for 3 weeks. Second, I think it is important to get an official diagnosis and find out if there are any actual medical remedies (and if not then I will have to take the diet more seriously.)
But also it is because I have developed a recurrence of an odd issue that I had an operation for several years ago. At that time I was diagnosed with a bunion, but on the outside of my foot instead of the more normal inside, and the bone for my pinky toe was out of alignment. So I had an operation where the bunion was shaved down and the bone was brought back into alignment. Well the other, far more irritating, pain that I have had is that pain has returned. Which leads me to expect that I may have to get another operation, and after that could end up having to change what type of shoes I wear for running.
Either way, that is up to the doctors to decide. But in the meantime I will keep running as possible, just limiting the mileage to minimize the irritation. And that will be my plan until a doctor tells me that I absolutely have to stop.
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