It's been a week now since I ran the second Yateley 10k in which I cracked 45 minutes, but also developed a pain on the top of my foot and I think the top-of-foot-pain (ToFP) may be a stress fracture of the 3rd metatarsal.

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Unfortunately, I've had to put my goal hunting on hold for the moment. I really didn't want to have to do this, but if I'm going to succeed in moving whole-heartedly across to barefoot/Vibram clad running, I have to be sensible.

In my goals list, you'll see I've started off with two very simple and easy to attain goals:

1. 1km training run, 3x a week without feeling stiff or sore on the days that follow.
2. 2km training run, 3x a week without feeling stiff or sore on the days that follow.

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