New shoes!

[Jonno34]

Having been bravely running through my Plantar Fasciitis I had some new shoes arrive today. My old pair were Slazenger running shoes but seemed to lack cushioning, I would do a session at the gym, get in the gar drive for 15 mins and have a real problem with heel pain when getting out of the car.

Today, went to the gym to start W3R1 proudly sporting a pair of Asics Gel Puls 9. I did my usual workout, 25 mins on x trainer, 6 sets on weights/machines then on the the treadmill. I have to say today was a leaded leg day to start with, it made my legs ache to do the 2 flights to the gym ( they should fit an escalator) so I was not too confident. On to the run, no problems really, my feet felt like I was running on a Hilton bed and whilst I cannot say there has been no pain it certainly seems to be less. I have been doing more calf stretches to try and counter but the shoes certainly seem to help!

[sallenson Graduate]

New tyres are always good!

[Jonno34 Graduate]

Update:- Later that evening......the Plantar Fasciitis kicked in with a vengeance so out came the frozen water bottle again. Gutted I thought that was one corner turned. I will percivere pain is just a state of mind.....

PS not sure about the spelling of percivere.

[YoureDoingGreatPet in reply to Jonno34]

Persevere. (According to Spell checker, I’m not clever 🤣)

I was hoping you had cracked this cos my wife’s got it too. She got to week 5 of the program and been on the ic since. Currently waiting for a physio appointment to come through. She’s rolling a ball or frozen bottle under it and doing some ankle strengthening exercises she found on the internet in the meantime.

Keep us posted if you have any breakthroughs. 🙂

[Jonno34 Graduate in reply to YoureDoingGreatPet]

The shoes seemed to help as normally it kicks in within 15 mins of finishing, oddly it does not seem to be too much trouble when running. I had been standing on my feet a fair bit during the afternoon which may have been the aggravation.

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I’m sorry to hear that. I’ve had PF and it’s excruciating. I still do calf stretches before I get out of bed. I run using CorrectToes and a pair of zero drop Altras. (Specialist toe spacers for runners).

[Millsie-J Graduate]

Running shoes with a heel to toe drop of 12mm are recommended for PF sufferers. I use 10mm which do the job for me but I would not go to any less than that. I had a very bad bout of PF a couple of years ago ( not running related), so I know how painful it can be.

Eccentric heels drops, 3x 5 (15) completed slowly, at least three times a day worked for me, plus rolling an iced bottle of water under my feet, and never ever wearing completely flat shoes eg slippers, flip flops etc.

Good luck!