Running with Clubbed Feet

As I have shared before I was born with clubbed feet. Clubbed feet occurs in about 1 in 1000 babies. In my case my feet were sideways, and pointed in when I was born. While I was an infant I had corrective surgery, and as a small child I would have to wear corrective braces for a time.

The corrective surgery removed tendons from the back of my legs. The left foot was corrected, the right wasn't. I had a second surgery in my teens in which some bones were removed from my right foot. It corrected it some, but really did not do much in my opinion.

My right foot is a size 6 1/2 and my left is a 7 1/2.

Today my friend Kay Morris send me this link.

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/8819779.Harwell_man_born_with_club_feet_to_run_marathon/

I was actually quite happy to see someone else who has been what I have been through can run. Running can be a painful experience for me, especially in the longer distances. My right foot has almost no range of motion, so running is very hard on it. As I like to say I supinate like nobody's business. I ran practically on the outside of my feet.

It is because of these issues I now have arthritis in my hips, and I am sure elsewhere too. Time is not going to be on my side on this one. Still....I run. I'm not sure what I would do if I was told I could no longer run.

Charlie