Numb Toes After HIM?

I tried posting this in "Injuries & Health Issues", but nobody responded, so we'll give it a shot here...

I completed my first HIM last Sunday August 9 (Spirit of Morgantown in WV).

My training leading up to the race this year was not what it should have been.  I got Lyme disease in the spring, the weather sucked, my work schedule and my son's sports schedule kept causing me to miss training sessions, then finally, I got bursitis under my left knee cap about 1 month before the race.  Because of this, I backed WAY off on my run training in the last month before the race, almost to nothing.  My coach & I decided that being undertrained on race day was better than being injured.

The run was very difficult, but I just gutted it out.  Since then, the second toe on my right foot has been numb.  It feels like it was shot up with novacaine.  It seems like it's getting a little better, but not much.  From what I've found on line, I think it might be Morton's Neuroma, but am not certain.  Since it's been more than a week, I wonder if it's possible that I have nerve damage?

Who else has had this sort of problem after a race?  How long did your's last?  Was there anything you did to recover quicker?



Edited by TriMyBest 2009-08-17 8:01 PM