Hey, I just turned 18 years old and started doing the triathlon thing around January of 2002 so it's been about a full year. I did 2 sprints, 5 olys, and a 1 half-ironman in october to finish the season. I must admit I was probably running more than I should have, which was about 30-35 miles a week leading up to the half-ironman and i had no problems. Then about two weeks after the half I started doing 5 mile runs and on my second run my foot started feeling tight and weird. After that run my foot felt like it had a stress fracture so I obviously took a few days off and the pain went way down but still hurt. So I took a few weeks off (still biking and swimming) and it still hurt and I went to the doctors and he told me that i had plantar facsitis which i suspected was the problem since it hurt in the arch of my foot. He said that i was pretty much screwed for my plans of 2003 which is Ironman Coeur d'Alene on June 29th. So then I went to another doc and he said it wasn't plantar facsitis but a very similar thing and he put me on some prednizone which took the pain away after one day and I have been icing it and slowly building up my running on a treadmill starting at 10 min and now i'm at 20. my foot is doing fine but i can feel it might start hurting again if i ever bump up my time. The only treatment that i have heard of is orthotics, icing, and stretching. the icing seems to be working well but i know it won't hold up for long especially when i bump it up. So i was wondering if anyone has been plagued by this and has found something that took care of the dange thing. Thanks for reading all this and for the help.
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