Actually
ran (rather than jogged) my 5km today! I felt well enough to test out the knees and shins that have caused me so much grief in recent weeks, and so hit the treadmill at something approaching my more usual training pace. And it went well! Tomorrow will be the true test of course, but I feel well enough after the run to be reasonably confident of no great delayed negative reactions. Famous last words perhaps, but heck, one has to be positive at times such as these.
I think my recovery program of running very slowly every second day, and augmenting it with
lots of walking (I'm averaging 8km per day) has got me through the worst of it.
Whether it's enough to negate the need for orthotics or not is something only time will tell. But I have already sussed out a good
running podiatrist (a current sub 2:30 marathoner) should the need arise.
I might even have a tiny celebratory drink tonight.
Cheers