severity grade: 2
Pain under the 1st metatarso-phalangeal joint. Worse with impact on hard surfaces, and at push-off from ball of foot; uphill running hurts more because of the increased impact. Sometimes hurts after running at rest, and any movement is painful for a couple of minutes.
I don't know if it has recovered, but I've seen the podiatrist a couple of times and tried changing the profile of my sole, to take the impact off the sore part, but that hasn't helped. I reckon it's plantar faciitis, and am trying a stretch suggested in a recent running magazine. It's not getting any worse.