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running on a tweaky foot/calf

selinahselinah
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Ever since CdA I've had pain in my right foot (caused I am sure by a tight calf muscle). I have been super diligent in my rolling of the muscle and that helps big time and takes me down to 0 pain (which then builds up again until the next time I roll).

The pain level isn't bad now - hardly noticeable at all just kinda 'there' if you know what I mean! I took it for an easy outing this morning - 1st run post IM (I have been biking and thats fine) - just did a couple miles at nice easy 8:30 pace and my foot doesn't feel any worse for it - if anything it is now less painful!

I want to really race IMC in 7.5 wks - should I wait till the pain has totally gone before running again or do you think it will be OK to start doing a little mileage on it?

I figure if its not any worse running than not running, I would rather run to keep me sane and feel that I am at least somewhat on track with my training even if I am not full bore on intervals etc (won't do that until I am totally pain free)

Thoughts...??

Thx!

Comments

  • Bruce ThompsonBruce Thompson

    Selina - Maybe one of the MDs in da Haus will chime in with real medical advice, but here is my layman's perspective.  It is only 10 days since you raced CDA so you are still recovering, and you should expect something to still be a little sore.  Every person's feet take a real pounding when they run a marathon, so give those feet a break and some more time.  Since you have a tight window to IMC, the faster you recover, the faster you can begin preparing again. If I were coaching you, I'd tell you no running till the "kinda there" pain goes away, keep rolling your calf, and spend the time you would normally run on the bike and in the pool instead.   You won't lose any fitness if you just bike and swim for another week or even two.  Again, not medical advice here, but my hunch is that you just need to rest the foot another week or so to let any inflamation and soreness heal up.  Net , be patient.   Hope this helps.

  • selinahselinah
    Darn I HATE when the voice of reason speak lol! I know in my heart of hearts that I need to rest it for another week (or 2) and that doing so won't compramise anything as long as I keep up the swimming and biking - but you know us tri types.... telling us not to run (or swim or bike) - you may as well tell us to chop a limb off! OK - thx for talking me down off the ledge and patience is it :-)
  • robin sarnerrobin sarner

     As bruce said.    And consider pool running.

  • BeckyHBeckyH
    You can just join my training method- MORE BIKING- running, what's that again? Just kidding. Advice above is good- DON'T push it, or you'll end up like me. Learning to listen to your body is important, 2 weeks off your training won't ruin your whole season of effort, you have the base built.
  • Coach RichCoach Rich

    What Bruce said. When you do start running, if it were me, I'd set myself up to run around the block so that if I need to bail I'm on a couple minutes walk away from my house.

  • selinahselinah
    Yay me - managed an easy pain free 15min this morning! Had the weirdest thing though 2 days ago... around dinner time and out of no-where my foot just started to spasm. Was incredibly painful to the point I literally couldn`t walk - I stood holding the kitchen island for a couple mins till the pain subsided. And ever since it relaxed back from that attack it has been totally pain free!
    I am still being good and rolling like crazy and intend to take next week a notch easier than in my plan to play it safe, but I have never been so happy to run for 15mins as this morning lol!
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