Bit of background - less than 4 weeks from first Edinburgh marathon, 16 week 3 day plan has been pretty easy with no noticeable fatigue increasing the miles, and a couple of 21 milers under my belt. I did have a spare week which I was probably going to use to do another 20+ miler but unfortunately things haven't gone as planned
11 days ago I was barefoot in the back garden with the kids when I accidentally stubbed my 2nd and 3rd toes on the grass. It was pretty sore but seemed innocuous so didn't think much of it and just hobbled a bit for the rest of the day. Next day the toes were bruised and the foot difficult to walk on. It has continued to be mostly sore when walking, but I did do 6km run on Monday to see how it would react to running - tbh that was if anything better than walking (maybe due to footwear choice - some shoes are sorer when walking, barefoot is the worst as the pain is mostly on the ball where toes join to foot, to the touch the area on the ball almost feels like a small sharp/hard bit is protruding downwards).
Got another run planned for tomorrow, and right now it all feels a bit of a waiting game to see how the next week or two go and where the pain takes me. It could just be trauma that will ease, or I suppose potentially there could be a fracture (no doctor seen, didn't see the point).
What I was pretty surprised about was the reaction of 3 folk in my wife's work who have some marathon experience between them. One said run through it, another said go for a long run to get over the mental hurdle and the third suggested it was a case of 'Maranoia' (!?). Obviously they probably didn't get much of a medical rundown so maybe assumed it was just a sore foot from training but I always expected the default advice is along the lines of "a marathon is a big undertaking, don't attempt it with an injury because you will get found-out"?