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I recently started running about 3 miles a day. I'll run one day at the gym on the treadmill when I lift and on days I don't lift, I run on an asphalt track built around a lake nearby. My right big toe seems to balloon up, turns red/purple and pains me to a limp after a run. The next day it gets substantially better to the point where I can run again, but it still hurts a bit. The pain in between is substantial, sometimes, to the point where I can't concentrate on what I'm doing. I really enjoy running and have no plans to digress. I have a 4 month old pair of Nike Shox that are broken in well, if that makes a difference. Please let me know if you have any suggestions on remedies or precautions I should take as I am new to running.

Sometime when I go out drinking, I will speak to a friend the next day and they'll talk about things that happened, that I was a part of and have not even the slightest idea as to what they are talking about.