Dr. Gloria Petruzzelli

My wife (Dr. G) and I ended our 2012 triathlon season with Ironman 70.3 Austin. This was a long season. We started with Ironman 70.3 California (aka Oceanside) at the end of March, then Wildflower Long Course at the beginning of May, a local Olympic distance race in June, Ironman 70.3 Vineman in mid-July, and, finally, Ironman 70.3 Austin at the end of October. It was a challenging season for both of us. I had midfoot pains on and off starting in February/March. We really wanted to qualify for the IM 70.3 World Championship and, although we both had a great race at Oceanside and really put it all out there, neither of us placed highly enough to qualify. Aches and pains continued to plague us and it was not until after Vineman that we started getting better.

Unfortunately, my midfoot pain came back during a training run three…