Happy Camper.
I found the culprit with my heel issue. At least I think I found the culprit with my heel issue. The culprit with my heel issue, is from a single solitary pair of fashionable business shoes I wear most work days. However, going forward, I will have to fix them, to wear them again.
Here is the deal. Gord Christie (and I need to remember to thank him) had mentioned to me that he has had the same problem (for 10 years) that is caused by running shoes with a cupped heel and high back that touches the achilles.
This made sense to me only I have been running in minimalist shoes for sometime therefore my shoes' heels are perfectly fine and soft and non supportive (which is good).
So I replied to Mr. Christie that this wasn't the case and that I had a similar sounding problem, like a build up of scar tissue, bursa something, brain cancer and I am going to die, but not what he said.
Stupidly, I did not stop to consider the dress shoes at all. Even when the heel flared up while walking, did I consider them at all. Sometimes the crack in my but does cause me to be handicapped.
I took one look at my dress shoes and BINGO, cupped back-of-shoe/heel area, raised heel and rigid high back that digs right into the achilles. They are so rigid I can use the shoes as weaponry.
Two days into wearing my soft-heel dress shoes and BAM, the pain subsides. It is still there, but just a lot less intense. I think I found the cure, the cause and a happy camper!
No more running through O'Hare with stiff shoes.
Stats:
Last week 70.0000 miles (113.4kms)
This week, so far on pace for 76 miles (127kms)
Here is the deal. Gord Christie (and I need to remember to thank him) had mentioned to me that he has had the same problem (for 10 years) that is caused by running shoes with a cupped heel and high back that touches the achilles.
This made sense to me only I have been running in minimalist shoes for sometime therefore my shoes' heels are perfectly fine and soft and non supportive (which is good).
So I replied to Mr. Christie that this wasn't the case and that I had a similar sounding problem, like a build up of scar tissue, bursa something, brain cancer and I am going to die, but not what he said.
Stupidly, I did not stop to consider the dress shoes at all. Even when the heel flared up while walking, did I consider them at all. Sometimes the crack in my but does cause me to be handicapped.
I took one look at my dress shoes and BINGO, cupped back-of-shoe/heel area, raised heel and rigid high back that digs right into the achilles. They are so rigid I can use the shoes as weaponry.
Two days into wearing my soft-heel dress shoes and BAM, the pain subsides. It is still there, but just a lot less intense. I think I found the cure, the cause and a happy camper!
No more running through O'Hare with stiff shoes.
Stats:
Last week 70.0000 miles (113.4kms)
This week, so far on pace for 76 miles (127kms)
posted by Chris at 2:42 PM
