orthotics rock

Published Thursday, April 24, 2008 by geo | E-mail this post

Quick post. Orthotics ruled my world today. Even though I'm still in pain from yesterday, I threw my old shoes on with my orthotics in them last night. That totally eliminated my ankle pain instantly. Feeling bold (maybe a little stupid too), I woke up today and did the same run as yesterday. Exact same distance. It took me exactly the same amount of time. My heart rate was exactly the same—in fact if you lay my HR graph from this morning over yesterdays, they are nearly identical. I've never seen such consistency. As I hit the front door of the building, my GPS "virtual partner" finished too. The difference this time was there was no pain.

It's not to say that it was completely painless. The insides of my feet are red and sore. I think my feet have flattened more since I had the orthotics made. It's time for new ones I'm sure, but I just can't get over how much of a difference a small piece of foam made. It's crazy. I may be back on track now. :)

As an aside, I've run 91 km so far this year. In the big picture that's not really that much, but for me... big deal. I've only ridden my bike 56 km so far—a long ways off from last year's total of 1642 km and 2006's 766 km. That should be at least doubled by the weekend. I can't wait to ditch the mountain bike on Saturday and put in a serious ride.