dilemma

a little background.

So I've been having issues with my feet pretty much after I retire my original pair of Saucony Guide 10's.  Loved those shoes, I put well over 300 fabulous miles on them.  Never had any problems, until I bought another pair of the Guide 10, which Saucony did a redesign of the shoe and that's when the gravy train came crashing in.

Fast forward to now, as I've been training for the Seattle Marathon, I've been struggling to complete a half marathon distance without having pain so severe, I've had to limp an hour plus back to my apartment.

I've since switched to Hoka One One shoes, which at least stopped my foot pain, but then moved to the back of my right knee, and calf.  Which brings us to the limping for an hour plus back home on my long runs, and lingering for days resulting in lost training time waiting to recover.

I finally went and saw a physical therapist, because I don't know if it's the shoes, or my body.

Answer?  It's my body.  Turns out my right leg just isn't moving correctly, which then is making my right foot not land correctly in my natural stride.  Which is only amplifying when I run with my right leg acting as it is.  So right now, I over extend my toes outward (think like how a duck walks), my toes also over extends up in the air when my heel lands on the floor.  On top of that, I also land on the outside of my right foot drastically.  I was told, it's all kinds of messed up, but fixable with some exercises, and possible on insole to put in my shoes.

okay, now the dilemma.

Anyway, my PT said it's going to take time.  I asked him if I can still run, he said yes with limitations ... I can't run longer then an hour.  I asked him about the Seattle Marathon, that's in two weeks!!!!!!

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He strongly recommended that I not run the marathon.

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Okay, the real dilemma this time.

The Seattle Marathon is the last race on my 2017 calendar, and my 2018 season probably won't start until like March, if not later.

Do I say screw it and do the marathon, and deal with the ramifications and spend the entire off season working this issues out, or follow the physical therapist's recommendations and not take the risk?

I don't know what to do.  The entire reason for doing the Seattle Marathon, was to redeem myself from my Ironman run disaster.  But if my leg/feet issue flares up during the marathon, then I'm walking after the first or second hour.