Anybody out there, besides me, dealing with Morton’s Neuroma?

Am I the only one who feels like there’s a red-hot spike that’s been driven through the top of their foot right between their second and third toes and with every strike of their foot they want to just cry? I know it sounds like I’m a big wimp but until you’ve run with MR. MORTON and felt his wrath you don’t have a leg…foot to stand on.

I realized I had this lovely little S.O.B. while I was training for the 2003 NYC Marathon.

Fortunately I was able to deal with it, and I made it through the marathon. I guess it was a baby neuroma at that time. But over the years he has grown and now I feel he is pissed off.

There are some things I‘ve done to help, larger shoes, wider widths, and pads under the metatarsal. Last year I had cortisone shot to see if that would help, it didn’t. In fact it made it worse.

This past Saturday I did 15 and it was the most painful of my running career. I’m going out this morning for 7 and I’m going to seriously think about this. Do I really want to train to get there and do worse than I’ve ever done? I feel the point of training is to better your body so you can do better than your previous endeavor, and although I may be in better condition, dealing with this neuroma just gets worse. What I wouldn’t give to run pain free. Okay, I’ll shut up and run.

Deano