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Susan Ogilvie Injury Adjustment Micro Thread

susanosusano
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Hi Coach,

 So, I finished a 1/2 marathon and the OS on 3/30/14, and I am into swim camp.  I have a problem because my foot was in pretty serious pain after the marathon (not during at all!  I swear!)  It is pretty painful to put weight on it, and so last week while on vacation I added some more swimming, hiked instead of ran one day, did my bike wko, and only ran today for the first time for 30 minutes.  Its painful again, after the pain seemed to be subsiding.  I am weighing my options of whether to find a doctor and I will repost in the medical help forum (altho my own descriptions of my injuries suck I think).  But in the meantime, I think I need to lay off the run a little and was hoping for some help to tweak this week before I move into HIM next week (and possible tweaks for next week if necessary, altho I hope not ). 

Thanks in advance.  Susan O

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  • Coach PatrickCoach Patrick
    @Susan, please keep me posted on the foot!!! image I suggest that you replace runs with either aquajogging OR easy spinning on the bike. Your call for ease of schedule. If it's not better heading into the weekend let me know and we'll start modifying next week!!!!
  • susanosusano

    Hi Coach P,

    So moving on from the fact that I am a little bit behind...I have to be honest, was trying to give the foot every ample opportunity to fix itself.  I don't think I have a stress fracture, and it feels a lot better than last week or the week before.  Replaced all my runs with rides last week except the sunday runs during Swim Camp, which I cut both the 40 minutes.  I have also been running in my trail shoe as it seems to be more tolerable.

    This week is my first into beginner HIM planning ending 6/22, so week 10 or 11? I did the swim and the run this morning, but was feeling anxious about the run length, so I did run 7 min/ walk 3 for the duration of the time (60 min).(the treadmill seems to be worse than the dirt road, ran dirt on Sunday and was not painful during run, just stiff and achy next day-but it snowed 3 inches last night, so not going out there today).  What would you recommend as I ramp up here?  I feel like I haven't been running that much (duh), so I don't know that I want to jump into full boat runs of all the prescribed lengths this week as I worry about making it worse.  Just looking for advice as how to proceed. 

     THANKS!

  • Coach PatrickCoach Patrick
    Susan - since the current week of training is determined by the day your training plan ends, the system will automatically tell you whether you're in week 10 week 11 that's easy. Stephanie load that up right now just so you can see it. Just how to keep modifying your training most important thing is finding places to run pain-free which it sounds like a trail or dirt running is perfect. I strongly suggest that you continue to seek out those opportunities to keep your running as fun and as enjoyable as possible.

    Let's stick with the walk run for now going seven minutes of run/3 minutes of walk now then 8/2 next week then 9/1 the week after.

    In terms of runs during the week I'm looking for a run on Tuesday and Thursday standalone workouts and then Brick Saturday and Sunday both a bit shorter -- say in the 30 to 40 minute range.

    Still no intensity; we don't want flash all we want here is consistency right now. The fitness will come!
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