Hi,
I ran 40 Miles last week, after taking a down week, and currently doing another 40 mile week (on my way to 50-60 MPW).
I'm currently in high school right now too. Problem is, this week, Monday, I noticed a LITTLE pain on my left foot where my Achillie is. It didn't bother me much at all, or affect my stride and I kept running through Tuesday, Wednesday and even yesterday. My running consists of mostly easy stuff (HADD's training) with HRM.
Problem is, I've done sooo many searches on google and here at let's run, but my "Tendonitis" is a bit different. Do I even have it? Here's my "symptoms:"
- It doesn't hurt if I jump on it (both legs and even on the hop test.
- Virtually no pain when I walk
- NO PAIN AT ALL in the morning, right after waking up. In fact, it almost feels better in the morning. I thought it was supposed to be even worse in morning then get better?
- No pain when climbing stairs, BUT it does kinda snap inside a little (no audible noise, just slight inner pop) if I go down stairs and skip a step, or walk barefoot every couple steps. It's painless pops btw.
- They don't even hurt when I jump off a 10 story building to solid concrete...OKAY, just kidding about that one but you get the point...
Bottom line is, I don't know what I even have. It DOES hurt a bit if I touch the sides of the tendon, at a small spot right near where ankle starts, above the heel. I also have no visible swelling along the tendon.
I have flat feet (Flexible flat feet) and I've been using Asics Phoenix 4 Shoes since February and they're pretty worn, lots of miles on it. (going to replace them this week with same model). I used to have shin splints, and wore nikes, but when I bought these, I never saw or felt those splints EVER again. I was free of injury, and free of pain.
I've been running nice and fine last week and week before, etc.
Could my worn out shoes be causing soreness on my left Archillies? How do I even know if they're worn out? Also, I've been icing a lot, seems to make it better, but I don't want to stop training right now. I heard how bad tendonitis can get, and I want to catch and stop this before it even BEGINS. (Also my surfaces I run on vary, some grass, some asphalt, NO concrete)
What should I do? Any stretches? Strengthening? Could they heal after I replace shoes? DO I EVEN HAVE TENDONITIS?
Thanks!