Pain

I am currently suffering from a condition I long knew about, but never really gave much thought to.
Coach told us from the start that runners often succumb to the glitz, excitement and free goodies of the marathon expos to the point where they spend several hours on their feet, on hard concrete and end up having tired, sore legs for the race the next day. I listened to what he said because he had run marathons before and I hadn't, I deferred to his expert opinion and never really gave it a second thought. I never spent more than an hour at the expos. Get in, get out, get on with life. I knew what it would do to me, but I didn't understand what it would do.
Now I understand.
Last weekend I had duty section. I can't leave base, wear civilian clothes or drink(though I did so a bit of the latter) Duty section involves, primarily, standing in formation, on concrete, for at least an hour, followed by walking up and down the halls making sure everyone is working for no less than 30 minutes. We have 2 of these formations per day. (3 hours on my feet, not counting walking to the chow hall, the NEX, portside or standing around at the gym) On sunday after our first formation I went for a run, 12 miles. I try to run on grass whenever possible, but it's pretty difficult. That evenings formation was different. After the 1:30 of bullshit, we formed up again. The SDO didn't like the cleaning job we did. So we did it again. (45 minutes) then we formed up again. (30 minutes) then he released us. We thought we were done for the night. The we heard we had to form up again, apparently the Marines who cleaned the smoke pit were smoking while doing it. The SDO caught wind and got pissed off. So we formed up a third time, but since it was random and not everyone got the message guess who had to run around the barracks looking for people. Also, since we all just switched rooms, nobody knew where anybody was, so I ended up walking up and down the same halls 3 or 4 times. (1 hour later) everyone is outside, the SDO decideds to be the Drill Instructor he used to be, and we commence 'fuck fuck' games, a meaningless waste of time made to make us feel stupid.(1 hour) We form up again, he talks for 30 minutes. Then 3 Marines are found in civvies, coming from the mall, Marines in our duty section. So we get another lecture(30 minutes) and play more fuck fuck games (1 hour) By now it's around 2400, we all missed room checks, we've been standing for several hours, everyone is pissed off at the 3 Marines, and we all just want to hit the rack. Finally he lets us go. Monday morning PT is cancelled, Wednesday we have a PFT-I handily defeat all comers-Friday is a 5 mile run with the Navy. 5 miles is nothing, I shit 5 miles. But running with the navy means a very slow run, a jog really, I can walk this fast. So 5 miles which could have been done in 30 minutes gets dragged out to 50 minutes.
The point is, after the duty section fiasco, my legs hurt. My arches, my knees, everything. It hurts to stand. No joke. I am in pain. I'm still running and doing all right, but when I'm just walking or standing it hurts, my feet are constantly shifting, looking for those 30 mseconds of comfort before they shuffle again.
So take it from me, dont stand more than you have to, especially on hard surfaces. I put in the pain and frustration so you don't have to.