Pain in foot at end of run

[Upsidaisy]

I wonder if anyone has experienced this, or might have an idea of what it is. I had a couple of weeks break from running recently because of a cough and decided to just run slowly for 10 minutes to start with but at the end of the run, I experienced a sharp pain at the top front of my foot where it joins on to the leg. It was so bad I could hardly walk but it did ease off after 5 minutes or so. Since then, I have increased my running time up to 20 minutes but it is still happening when I stop. It doesn’t do it at all while I’m actually running. I always do my dynamic warm up and cool down stretches, as well as a 5 minute warm up walk and the same to cool down at the end. All advice welcome!

[Uccleboy]

Hello Upsidaisy,

Your issue looks similar to what I described a few days ago in this post:

healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

Several members kindly provided a range of ideas and suggestions.

Among them there is in particular the recommendation to practice ankle strengthening exercises. I plan to follow this advice during my rest days. I haven't started doing them yet, will however pretty soon. Let's see whether it works for us!

[Upsidaisy Graduate in reply to Uccleboy]

Many thanks Uccleboy, much appreciated! I must have missed your post, so I’ll look forward to reading it, and the replies and I’ll certainly do the exercises you mentioned. I hope we’ll both benefit from doing them and I’ll post again in a couple of weeks to let everyone know how it’s going.