Foot pain...

So I guess it's time to come out of the closet here. Since October 26th I've been experiencing a significant pain in my 2nd metatarsal bone in my left foot. I've been able to deal with it but I'm afraid it's not getting any better.

I'm sure some of you have noticed my running volume has backed off quite a bit. (other than the 30K... haha) Speaking of the 30K i took a few days off before that and it began to feel better. Well during the 30K it started coming back, then the next day at the Duathlon it was pretty bad, but I didn't want to not race. Let's just say i was borderline about to volunteer cause I wasn't sure if I could run or not. Well after the duathlon I took 7 complete days off from running and went for my first run since the duathlon yesterday. While I know the pace doesn't look that bad it wasn't enjoyable. The pain came back from the first few steps and was persistent for the whole 4 miles.

Of course I've been searching the internet like a mad man trying to diagnose myself. At first I thought maybe it was tendonitis since the pain is on top of my foot, but I'm starting to feel more and more so that it's a stress fracture in my 2nd metatarsal on my left foot. I guess we'll find out at the turkey trot 8 miler on tgiving...

So I'm sure you're all wondering why I don't go see a Dr. I don't have any health Insurance and am afraid to find out what everything would cost out of pocket... ESPECIALLY if it's a stress fracture I'm gonna try to get through the holidays and maybe save enough to get it checked out. I'm so afraid I'm not going to be able to do Rocky Raccoon, along with the 50K next weekend and the Marathon the next weekend. Ugh. Didn't mean to rant, but I figured I'd let you guys know since I'm obviously not running like I was...

_Jacob_