Time for a break

Literally….

Over the past 8 weeks, I ran 10 races. I had fun, set some PRs, all that good stuff…..but now this has happened

(I apologize for the poor quality of my photo and my foot. I did not see the swelling in my foot until I looked at this picture…not cool!)

So while all of these were fun:

6 March 2011 – Vamos 5K – Time: 37:07; Mile: 11:57

13 March 2011 – St. Patrick’s Day 8K -Time 58:02; Mile – 11:41; 5K Split: 36:04

20 March 2011 – Shamrock 1/2 Marathon – Time – 2:39:05; Mile – 12:14; 5 Mile Split – 58:14

1 April 2011 – Crystal City 5K #1 – Time – 34:29; Mile – 11:07

3 April 2011 – Cherry Blossom Ten Miler – Time – 2:02:51; Mile – 12:18

8 April 2011 – Crystal City 5K #2 – Time – 34:18; Mile – 11:03

15 April 2011 – Crystal City 5K #3 – Time – 35:31; Mile – 11:26

22 April 2011 – Crystal City 5k #4 – Time – 34:00; Mile – 10:57

29 April 2011 – Crystal City 5K #5 – Time – 34:33; Mile – 11:08

1 May 2011 – Race for Hope 5K – Time – 34:50; Mile – 11:13

The stress fracture is not. Luckily, the doc says it is not bad and he claims I can still run and exercise. I have decided to take at least week off the running and stick to yoga and strength (Nike training Club and the Shred) for a while. I am getting some fancy orthotics made for my running shoes, so hopefully those will prevent this from happening in the future.

Anyone have any other ideas on combatting future fractures? What kind of exercise should I do right now?

PS – my PRs are in bold…not bad!