Well that stinks. There seems to be a lot of bait-and-switch out there - both you and Stay Cool (or was it Dizzy? Where is she anyway?) experienced that. Kind of sucks.
I know you're still working out on the treadmill, but you might do well to lay off the running entirely for a week or two and focusing on the P90X workouts to help stregthen the core and stabilizing muscles and let the feet rest some more.
I think the better you get, the more you will enjoy it. Like Waiting2goback said, most days I really hate getting up to run. And some days I decide to sleep in, but more often I force myself out and enjoy it after I get warmed up. And yeah, it often feels better after I stop than it did while I was doing it
That's a lot of money to waste because you're attracted to someone. Not that I haven't made poor decisions on that basis in the past. One more reason I'm happy to be a real adult and not an overgrown kid pretending to be an adult. Not that I'm not a kid at heart, but I have found the balance. She's clearly still searching, which is fine. You tried to help...you touched one person but not the second. You can't get them all. (I know, I've tried.)
Did my final long run yesterday. The National Capital 20 Miler, which was a trail race along the Potomac River and C&O Canal. I think I may have been shortchanging myself in expectations, but since I've done a lot of running in the heat and with either dogs or slower partners, maybe that's not surprising. My planned goal for MCM was 10:55, but I sustained 10:30 over 20 miles, even though the last half of the race was uphill (the first half was downhill, of course). The advantage is that MCM's big uphills are all in the first 8 miles, with the exception of the final uphill. We'll see...I have a month to injure myself!