Who knew?

So I had the much anticipated appointment with the doc this morning. He checked out my alignment and he thinks that my right leg is just a little bit shorter than the left, if at all. I also told him how I've had pain in my right heel when I walk barefoot and some pain in my medial arch when I get up in the morning. I guess I didn't tell him that last time, but apparently I've got plantar fasciitis too....who knew? This is something that's been bothering me since July or August and I never got it checked out because it never bothered me too much. So to make a long story short, he referred me to a sports med doc (whom I'm going to see sometime next week most likely) and that the IT band syndrome and plantar fasciitis are minor - they're not a big problem, but they're still there and I have to "erase" them before I get back to running.

Treatments? For the IT band, he told me to keep on doing what I'm doing (ice, stretch, ibuprofen if needed, etc.) and for the plantar fasciitis he gave me a little handout on things to do. A couple are good calf stretches and another is a stretch where I roll my foot on a frozen juice can for 3-5 minutes. So hopefully (fingers crossed) everything clears up SOON!

And in case you were wondering...the MSU men sort of surprised people by placing 17th at the D-1 NCAA championships yesterday (they were ranked #27) while the women slipped a little by placing 12th (they were ranked #4). It's insane how fast those guys can run. The men ran a 10K, but for the first 5K, 245 out of 250 runners ran it under 17 minutes. Out of the top 5 guys for the national champion Colorado Buffaloes, their slowest 5K split was 15:45 and their slowest 10K total time was 32:03. Can you imagine running a sub-16 minute 5K and then doing it again without stopping?? That's just sick. Congrats to everybody though.

That's all I've got....happy Thanksgiving to everybody if I don't post again before then!