Running Week Two

                  Sun   Mon   Tues Wed  Thu   Fri     Sat  Total
Wk 1-Plan
12/27-1/2      2     Rest    2       2.5    2    Rest    3    11.5 miles
Actuals          2      2        0       2.5    3      0       3    12.5
Wk 2-Plan
1/3-1/9          2     Rest    2       2.5     2    Rest   3    11.5 miles
Actuals        3.25    2     0     2.5   2.25     0      3    13

Above is how this past running week (two) shaped up. All of my running time this week was at the gym on a treadmill. I actually did the middle shorter runs during my lunch hour at the gym at work. I honestly thought it wasn't going to stack up as well but I can't complain. I seemed to have accomplished the task.
I ran into one bit of a problem after the run on Monday. I have that foot disorder which I discovered actually is called Morton's toe. It seems it is named after the Orthopedic Surgeon who originally described it. His name was Dudley Joy Morton (1884-1960) and the condition he described is when your second toe is longer than the larger first toe. My second toes are longer than my first. Somehow with the new running shoes and on that particular day, I seemed to have a slight problem with the second toe on my right foot. I must have tied the shoe too tight or was favoring my right foot. Anyway, my second toe on my right foot was very sore, like it had been hitting the inside top of the shoe continuously while I was running.
I hoped it wasn’t the new shoes! I bandaged the tip of that particular toe, kept with the schedule and the soreness seems to have gone away. I was thinking I might lose a toenail (I’ve done that before from running – just not that toe nail).
So it’s been interesting to find out the disorder with my second toe has a name. Doesn’t it seem funny that a regular pair of running shoes would be the pair that causes me discomfort and not all the high heeled pointed ones I wear?
But that has nothing to do with running, now does it.
TT