Ran a 10k in June (4 Viewers)

[beer 302]

Scheduled 18 mile LSD this morning...Learned a valuable lesson - in long runs, don't follow a new road just to see where it leads. There's a 13 mile route I've taken a few times, every time running it counter-clockwise. Off that road is another 5 mile loop, which I figured would be perfect for the 18 this morning. That 5 mile loop is hillier than the rest of the route and is closer if I head clockwise, so I did even though that's the opposite direction from what I usually take. No issues 10 miles in, then somehow I missed my turn. Went for a bit thinking "this looks different... but I'll go with it" Long story short, I ended up in a town I did not expect to be in, went to the local church and got a ride home. Now I'm going to be late for our church.

my directionally challenged brother

 

[Annyong]

Noob reportHey gents, still working on building mileage. If any of you remember some of my precious posts, I was expecting a 2nd child. Well he arrived a little early on 2/22 so I basically haven't slept since then. Anyways, here is my monthly progress:January: 46 milesFebruary: 60 milesAm I increasing too quickly, or is this a healthy progression? I have signed up for 3 races this summer. 2 in April, so I think I need to start working in some speed work

 

[gruecd]

Noob report

Hey gents, still working on building mileage. If any of you remember some of my precious posts, I was expecting a 2nd child. Well he arrived a little early on 2/22 so I basically haven't slept since then. Anyways, here is my monthly progress:

January: 46 miles

February: 60 miles

Am I increasing too quickly, or is this a healthy progression?

I have signed up for 3 races this summer. 2 in April, so I think I need to start working in some speed work

Hey, Annyong. Congrats on the new addition to your family.You averaged penis 11.5 mpw in January and 15 mpw in February. Definitely reasonable.

 

[Sand]

Noob reportHey gents, still working on building mileage. If any of you remember some of my precious posts, I was expecting a 2nd child. Well he arrived a little early on 2/22 so I basically haven't slept since then. Anyways, here is my monthly progress:

Congrats! I guess since there was no penis slipped into your message you had a little girl?

 

[Annyong]

Noob reportHey gents, still working on building mileage. If any of you remember some of my precious posts, I was expecting a 2nd child. Well he arrived a little early on 2/22 so I basically haven't slept since then. Anyways, here is my monthly progress:

Congrats! I guess since there was no penis slipped into your message you had a little girl?

thankfully no, I'm the proud dad of 2 boys under a year and a half old.

 

[gruecd]

Noob report

Hey gents, still working on building mileage. If any of you remember some of my precious posts, I was expecting a 2nd child. Well he arrived a little early on 2/22 so I basically haven't slept since then. Anyways, here is my monthly progress:

Congrats! I guess since there was no penis slipped into your message you had a little girl?

Re-read his post. Reading comprehension down??

 

[Sand]

Noob report

Hey gents, still working on building mileage. If any of you remember some of my precious posts, I was expecting a 2nd child. Well he arrived a little early on 2/22 so I basically haven't slept since then. Anyways, here is my monthly progress:

Congrats! I guess since there was no penis slipped into your message you had a little girl?

Re-read his post. Reading comprehension down??

Monday morning - I need coffee...

 

[koby925]

Nice race, Grue! I know you are marathone training but it seems like those 5k/10k PRs of yours would be in trouble if you gave them a go...I got in 37 miles last week with the aforementioned speedwork and a "long" (for me at this point in training) 9 miler on Saturday in 7:32 pace. The legs are a bit tired but I am gaining confidence daily.

 

[gruecd]

Nice race, Grue! I know you are marathone training but it seems like those 5k/10k PRs of yours would be in trouble if you gave them a go...

Thanks, koby. You're probably right, but with the exception of this one (which has become a bit of an annual tradition), I really just don't like those shorter races. I prefer my pain to be less concentrated...

 

[IvanKaramazov]

grue - 2 seconds off of last year's time on the heels of a 95mi/8day jaunt!?!?

In fairness, thanks to some weather related issues, it ended up being only 74.5 miles in those 8 days, so not nearly as impressive. Still, definitely happy to find some speed in my legs despite some relatively heavy mileage lately.

Yeah...only 74.5 miles in 8 days...then followed up that race with an 18 miler.

 

[gruecd]

Ended up with 226 miles for February, my biggest month since last September, when I believe I hit 300 miles. Might be pushing that number again in March....How'd everyone else do?

 

[Sand]

Ended up with 226 miles for February, my biggest month since last September, when I believe I hit 300 miles. Might be pushing that number again in March....How'd everyone else do?

80 miles, which is pretty good for me. Add on 230 miles ridden and 12k yards swum and a decent month was had.

 

[Hang 10]

So yeah, this weekend really sucked. Did an hour on the elliptical saturday without much pain...other than the pain of staring at the seconds ticking off the clock for an hour. Sunday, I did the stairmaster for 30 min, followed by 15 minutes on the rowing machine...again, minimal pain. It's now been 4 days without running and there really doesn't seem any improvement yet. Saw my primary care physician this morning and ##### wants been to stay off it totally for a week...COMPLETELY stay off it...as in USE CRUTCHES. I think he's crazy but gladly took his script for some 800mg ibuprofen and hydrocodone. Was planning on riding the stationary bike for 30 min today and then doing some weight training. We'll see, I guess.

 

[koby925]

112 Miles for me in February. Up from 98 in Jan and first time over 100 in awhile.

 

[gruecd]

So yeah, this weekend really sucked. Did an hour on the elliptical saturday without much pain...other than the pain of staring at the seconds ticking off the clock for an hour. Sunday, I did the stairmaster for 30 min, followed by 15 minutes on the rowing machine...again, minimal pain. It's now been 4 days without running and there really doesn't seem any improvement yet. Saw my primary care physician this morning and ##### wants been to stay off it totally for a week...COMPLETELY stay off it...as in USE CRUTCHES. I think he's crazy but gladly took his script for some 800mg ibuprofen and hydrocodone. Was planning on riding the stationary bike for 30 min today and then doing some weight training. We'll see, I guess.

Have you considered getting an MRI? I hope you don't have a femoral neck stress fracture...

 

[2Young2BBald]

Ended up with 226 miles for February, my biggest month since last September, when I believe I hit 300 miles. Might be pushing that number again in March....How'd everyone else do?

80 miles, which is pretty good for me. Add on 230 miles ridden and 12k yards swum and a decent month was had.

Almost 15,000 yards swam for me, darn foot/calf cramp kept me from finishing one swim or I would have been there. Normal (low) Feb miles on the bike and running for me.

 

[gruecd]

So yeah, this weekend really sucked. Did an hour on the elliptical saturday without much pain...other than the pain of staring at the seconds ticking off the clock for an hour. Sunday, I did the stairmaster for 30 min, followed by 15 minutes on the rowing machine...again, minimal pain. It's now been 4 days without running and there really doesn't seem any improvement yet. Saw my primary care physician this morning and ##### wants been to stay off it totally for a week...COMPLETELY stay off it...as in USE CRUTCHES. I think he's crazy but gladly took his script for some 800mg ibuprofen and hydrocodone. Was planning on riding the stationary bike for 30 min today and then doing some weight training. We'll see, I guess.

Have you considered getting an MRI? I hope you don't have a femoral neck stress fracture...

Another link.

 

[beer 302]

Ended up with 226 miles for February, my biggest month since last September, when I believe I hit 300 miles. Might be pushing that number again in March....How'd everyone else do?

138 for February, little over half your total. Pretty stellar month grue

 

[Hang 10]

So yeah, this weekend really sucked. Did an hour on the elliptical saturday without much pain...other than the pain of staring at the seconds ticking off the clock for an hour. Sunday, I did the stairmaster for 30 min, followed by 15 minutes on the rowing machine...again, minimal pain. It's now been 4 days without running and there really doesn't seem any improvement yet. Saw my primary care physician this morning and ##### wants been to stay off it totally for a week...COMPLETELY stay off it...as in USE CRUTCHES. I think he's crazy but gladly took his script for some 800mg ibuprofen and hydrocodone. Was planning on riding the stationary bike for 30 min today and then doing some weight training. We'll see, I guess.

Have you considered getting an MRI? I hope you don't have a femoral neck stress fracture...

Another link.

I read a little about femoral stress fractures this morning in the waiting room. I suppose that would be the worst case scenario. I think it's not real likely but who knows. As far as scheduling an MRI, I guess most doctors would recommend I see this ibuprofen and rest treatment out for the next two weeks out and then take it from there.

 

[gruecd]

So yeah, this weekend really sucked. Did an hour on the elliptical saturday without much pain...other than the pain of staring at the seconds ticking off the clock for an hour. Sunday, I did the stairmaster for 30 min, followed by 15 minutes on the rowing machine...again, minimal pain.

It's now been 4 days without running and there really doesn't seem any improvement yet. Saw my primary care physician this morning and ##### wants been to stay off it totally for a week...COMPLETELY stay off it...as in USE CRUTCHES. I think he's crazy but gladly took his script for some 800mg ibuprofen and hydrocodone. Was planning on riding the stationary bike for 30 min today and then doing some weight training. We'll see, I guess.

Have you considered getting an MRI? I hope you don't have a femoral neck stress fracture...

Another link.

I read a little about femoral stress fractures this morning in the waiting room. I suppose that would be the worst case scenario. I think it's not real likely but who knows. As far as scheduling an MRI, I guess most doctors would recommend I see this ibuprofen and rest treatment out for the next two weeks out and then take it from there.

They would, but if I were you I'd ask for the MRI now. If it's a stress fracture, you want to know...

 

[Hang 10]

So yeah, this weekend really sucked. Did an hour on the elliptical saturday without much pain...other than the pain of staring at the seconds ticking off the clock for an hour. Sunday, I did the stairmaster for 30 min, followed by 15 minutes on the rowing machine...again, minimal pain.

It's now been 4 days without running and there really doesn't seem any improvement yet. Saw my primary care physician this morning and ##### wants been to stay off it totally for a week...COMPLETELY stay off it...as in USE CRUTCHES. I think he's crazy but gladly took his script for some 800mg ibuprofen and hydrocodone. Was planning on riding the stationary bike for 30 min today and then doing some weight training. We'll see, I guess.

Have you considered getting an MRI? I hope you don't have a femoral neck stress fracture...

Another link.

I read a little about femoral stress fractures this morning in the waiting room. I suppose that would be the worst case scenario. I think it's not real likely but who knows. As far as scheduling an MRI, I guess most doctors would recommend I see this ibuprofen and rest treatment out for the next two weeks out and then take it from there.

They would, but if I were you I'd ask for the MRI now. If it's a stress fracture, you want to know...

If it was a stress fracture, would it be responding to ibuprofen? Because after taking a 800mg about an hour ago, my leg feels pretty good.

 

[Ned]

Ended up with 226 miles for February, my biggest month since last September, when I believe I hit 300 miles. Might be pushing that number again in March....How'd everyone else do?

209 for me. Around 260 scheduled for March, depending on how much I can get in during an Easter break vacation.

 

[Penguin]

So yeah, this weekend really sucked. Did an hour on the elliptical saturday without much pain...other than the pain of staring at the seconds ticking off the clock for an hour. Sunday, I did the stairmaster for 30 min, followed by 15 minutes on the rowing machine...again, minimal pain.

It's now been 4 days without running and there really doesn't seem any improvement yet. Saw my primary care physician this morning and ##### wants been to stay off it totally for a week...COMPLETELY stay off it...as in USE CRUTCHES. I think he's crazy but gladly took his script for some 800mg ibuprofen and hydrocodone. Was planning on riding the stationary bike for 30 min today and then doing some weight training. We'll see, I guess.

Have you considered getting an MRI? I hope you don't have a femoral neck stress fracture...

Another link.

I read a little about femoral stress fractures this morning in the waiting room. I suppose that would be the worst case scenario. I think it's not real likely but who knows. As far as scheduling an MRI, I guess most doctors would recommend I see this ibuprofen and rest treatment out for the next two weeks out and then take it from there.

They would, but if I were you I'd ask for the MRI now. If it's a stress fracture, you want to know...

If it was a stress fracture, would it be responding to ibuprofen? Because after taking a 800mg about an hour ago, my leg feels pretty good.

If you have access to a pool (local college or YMCA) swimming is a great replacement while you can't run.

 

[BassNBrew]

Congrats on the win Gru.

 

[gruecd]

If it was a stress fracture, would it be responding to ibuprofen? Because after taking a 800mg about an hour ago, my leg feels pretty good.

Yes, I think it would. All the ibuprofen does is mask the pain. That being said, I've read that you're actually not supposed to take ibuprofen if you have a stress fracture, because it actually delays bone healing. See link.

 

[Sand]

Congrats on the win Gru.

 

[tri-man 47]

So yeah, this weekend really sucked. Did an hour on the elliptical saturday without much pain...other than the pain of staring at the seconds ticking off the clock for an hour. Sunday, I did the stairmaster for 30 min, followed by 15 minutes on the rowing machine...again, minimal pain.

It's now been 4 days without running and there really doesn't seem any improvement yet. Saw my primary care physician this morning and ##### wants been to stay off it totally for a week...COMPLETELY stay off it...as in USE CRUTCHES. I think he's crazy but gladly took his script for some 800mg ibuprofen and hydrocodone. Was planning on riding the stationary bike for 30 min today and then doing some weight training. We'll see, I guess.

Bummer. Can you at least wear a firm work boot of some sort to keep the foot more rigid?Annyong - congrats on your second boy! You don't have to do speed work ...just use the mileage base and get some early race experience under your belt. Take the long term view I had back in the day - to still be racing strong when my kids were old enough to appreciate it (or like 2Young, to have the youngun start to outrun ya!).

My mileage has been averaging about 35 miles/week ...less than desired, but about the best I could do with snow interruptions and a busy pace of work + dissertation.

I took Friday and this Monday off to create a long weekend to work on the dissertation ..and to get lots of running in, which translated to 48 miles over 4 days:

F: 12 miles, w/11 tempo miles @ 7:51/mile, HR=154

S: 14 miles @ 9:05/mile, HR=142. Five early miles were on a gravel trail iced over with ruts and pockmarks ..beat the hell outta me.

S: 9 miles, w/4 hard tempo miles @ 7:20/mile

M: 13 miles, w/9 tempo miles @ 8:16/mile, HR=153. Similar HR to Friday, but the body was working harder with tired legs and running into the wind the whole way.

 

[worrierking]

I see there is a running thread here. Cool. I just ran my ninth marathon in New Orleans 2/24 in 4:16;32, my second best. I will begin training for number ten (Illinois Marathon 4/27) as soon as I feel recovered. I am 49 and have been running since '07.I look forward to being part of the group.

 

[BassNBrew]

I see there is a running thread here. Cool. I just ran my ninth marathon in New Orleans 2/24 in 4:16;32, my second best. I will begin training for number ten (Illinois Marathon 4/27) as soon as I feel recovered. I am 49 and have been running since '07.I look forward to being part of the group.

Welcome aboard.

 

[tri-man 47]

I see there is a running thread here. Cool. I just ran my ninth marathon in New Orleans 2/24 in 4:16;32, my second best. I will begin training for number ten (Illinois Marathon 4/27) as soon as I feel recovered. I am 49 and have been running since '07.I look forward to being part of the group.

Welcome! As I can attest from the last several years, the brackets start to thin out at 50+. Do you have a marathon time goal (e.g., to get under 4:00?)? The Illinois marathon should be a flat course.

 

[SteveC702]

Nice race, Grue! I know you are marathone training but it seems like those 5k/10k PRs of yours would be in trouble if you gave them a go...I got in 37 miles last week with the aforementioned speedwork and a "long" (for me at this point in training) 9 miler on Saturday in 7:32 pace. The legs are a bit tired but I am gaining confidence daily.

As a huge Lydiard / Jack Daniels fan I really like how your weeks are structured (5-10% at VO2max, 20-25% for a long run) and your approach to gradually increasing weekly mileage.

 

[worrierking]

I see there is a running thread here. Cool. I just ran my ninth marathon in New Orleans 2/24 in 4:16;32, my second best. I will begin training for number ten (Illinois Marathon 4/27) as soon as I feel recovered. I am 49 and have been running since '07.I look forward to being part of the group.

Welcome! As I can attest from the last several years, the brackets start to thin out at 50+. Do you have a marathon time goal (e.g., to get under 4:00?)? The Illinois marathon should be a flat course.

I only run flat races! I live on the Louisiana Coastal plain and we have no hills here at all, so I try to stick to flat ones. I PRd at Illinois last year 4:12;52, but it's not as flat as New Orleans or Houston which I have also run multiple times. I am seeking a 4:10 for now and will re-evaluate goals if I can make it. My shorter race times suggest I should do better in marathons (1:45 half PR), but I don't have the endurance. I currently run about 40-50 mpw and peak around 60 for races. I would like to up the miles but it is getting harder to find time. I turn 50 in June and I am looking for a marathon to celebrate it.

 

[Sand]

I see there is a running thread here. Cool. I just ran my ninth marathon in New Orleans 2/24 in 4:16;32, my second best. I will begin training for number ten (Illinois Marathon 4/27) as soon as I feel recovered. I am 49 and have been running since '07.I look forward to being part of the group.

Welcome! As I can attest from the last several years, the brackets start to thin out at 50+. Do you have a marathon time goal (e.g., to get under 4:00?)? The Illinois marathon should be a flat course.

As opposed to those huge hills in Nawlins? Well, there are a couple climbs over the seawalls out at the Lakefront - so maybe 1' climbing/mile...

 

[SteveC702]

I see there is a running thread here. Cool. I just ran my ninth marathon in New Orleans 2/24 in 4:16;32, my second best. I will begin training for number ten (Illinois Marathon 4/27) as soon as I feel recovered. I am 49 and have been running since '07.I look forward to being part of the group.

Welcome! As I can attest from the last several years, the brackets start to thin out at 50+. Do you have a marathon time goal (e.g., to get under 4:00?)? The Illinois marathon should be a flat course.

I only run flat races! I live on the Louisiana Coastal plain and we have no hills here at all, so I try to stick to flat ones. I PRd at Illinois last year 4:12;52, but it's not as flat as New Orleans or Houston which I have also run multiple times. I am seeking a 4:10 for now and will re-evaluate goals if I can make it. My shorter race times suggest I should do better in marathons (1:45 half PR), but I don't have the endurance. I currently run about 40-50 mpw and peak around 60 for races. I would like to up the miles but it is getting harder to find time. I turn 50 in June and I am looking for a marathon to celebrate it.

Welcome! (although I am somewhat new to the thread myself as well)Marathons in JuneGood luck finding a race as flat as New Orleans in June though. The only one I can think of that's slightly outside of that time frame is Foot Traffic Flat in Portland Oregon on 7/4. Weather can sometimes get nasty - when I ran it 4 years ago the race started at 7 and by 9 AM it was in the low 80s. (although most year it's about 50s in the start and 70s when you finish).

 

[Sand]

Good luck finding a race as flat as New Orleans in June though.

Having grown up in New Orleans, the one thing I can say with complete certainty is that you really don't want to run any marathons there in June. :XSo Worrier, exactly where are you at? Steve ran the R&R with you (just slightly faster). I ran it last year. I'll be down in Gretna for a Duathlon in June.

 

[Juxtatarot]

I see there is a running thread here. Cool. I just ran my ninth marathon in New Orleans 2/24 in 4:16;32, my second best. I will begin training for number ten (Illinois Marathon 4/27) as soon as I feel recovered. I am 49 and have been running since '07.I look forward to being part of the group.

Welcome! As I can attest from the last several years, the brackets start to thin out at 50+. Do you have a marathon time goal (e.g., to get under 4:00?)? The Illinois marathon should be a flat course.

I only run flat races! I live on the Louisiana Coastal plain and we have no hills here at all, so I try to stick to flat ones. I PRd at Illinois last year 4:12;52, but it's not as flat as New Orleans or Houston which I have also run multiple times. I am seeking a 4:10 for now and will re-evaluate goals if I can make it. My shorter race times suggest I should do better in marathons (1:45 half PR), but I don't have the endurance. I currently run about 40-50 mpw and peak around 60 for races. I would like to up the miles but it is getting harder to find time. I turn 50 in June and I am looking for a marathon to celebrate it.

If you just ran a marathon and plan to run another in April and another in June, you're not giving yourself time to train properly to fix that endurance problem. What specific training plans have you followed in the past? Also, are you really maxing mileage during race weeks? You should be resting more.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Called in sick today from work. Only the 2nd time in my life but both have been this year! I had severe muscle aches last night and no pain-relievers in the house. I barely slept. I was planning to make it in to work but fainted in the shower getting ready and felt like that was enough of a sign to stay home. Bought some Tylenol that did wonders with the muscle aches and slept today until 2:00. I'm feeling much better now but I have a fairly bad pain in the ### where I must of landed when I fainted. What should I do for that? RICE?

 

[sho nuff]

Ended up with 226 miles for February, my biggest month since last September, when I believe I hit 300 miles. Might be pushing that number again in March....How'd everyone else do?

Not good and have been lax about logging everything lately.Just starting to get my motivation back after all this being sick crap.

 

[SteveC702]

Good luck finding a race as flat as New Orleans in June though.

Having grown up in New Orleans, the one thing I can say with complete certainty is that you really don't want to run any marathons there in June. :XSo Worrier, exactly where are you at? Steve ran the R&R with you (just slightly faster). I ran it last year. I'll be down in Gretna for a Duathlon in June.

Sand I only ran the half there, or what some call the "13.1 marathon".

 

[mr. furley]

can we talk about the benefits of "speed work" when i just want to finish the freaking half marathon and not run it like i'm being chased?

 

[Juxtatarot]

can we talk about the benefits of "speed work" when i just want to finish the freaking half marathon and not run it like i'm being chased?

If that's the case, skip the speed work.

 

[sho nuff]

Nice race, Grue! I know you are marathone training but it seems like those 5k/10k PRs of yours would be in trouble if you gave them a go...I got in 37 miles last week with the aforementioned speedwork and a "long" (for me at this point in training) 9 miler on Saturday in 7:32 pace. The legs are a bit tired but I am gaining confidence daily.

As a huge Lydiard / Jack Daniels fan I really like how your weeks are structured (5-10% at VO2max, 20-25% for a long run) and your approach to gradually increasing weekly mileage.

Im a huge fan of Jack Daniels too...but it often does not help me in my training.

 

[mr. furley]

can we talk about the benefits of "speed work" when i just want to finish the freaking half marathon and not run it like i'm being chased?

If that's the case, skip the speed work.

ran 3 today at "speed" pace. wound up feeling horrible when i was done. not cause i was too tired (though i ran hard) but because i felt like i should have run 3 more.wed. i'm supposed to run 5 and then 7 on saturday.wash, rinse, repeat for next week. leaves me feeling like i'm not getting enough miles in.

 

[Juxtatarot]

can we talk about the benefits of "speed work" when i just want to finish the freaking half marathon and not run it like i'm being chased?

If that's the case, skip the speed work.

ran 3 today at "speed" pace. wound up feeling horrible when i was done. not cause i was too tired (though i ran hard) but because i felt like i should have run 3 more.wed. i'm supposed to run 5 and then 7 on saturday.wash, rinse, repeat for next week. leaves me feeling like i'm not getting enough miles in.

You'll certainly help your endurance more by long, slow runs than by speedwork. Focus on those. I'm not sure what training schedule you're running, but most I've seen don't have speedwork included for beginners at that distance.

 

[koby925]

So yeah, this weekend really sucked. Did an hour on the elliptical saturday without much pain...other than the pain of staring at the seconds ticking off the clock for an hour. Sunday, I did the stairmaster for 30 min, followed by 15 minutes on the rowing machine...again, minimal pain.

It's now been 4 days without running and there really doesn't seem any improvement yet. Saw my primary care physician this morning and ##### wants been to stay off it totally for a week...COMPLETELY stay off it...as in USE CRUTCHES. I think he's crazy but gladly took his script for some 800mg ibuprofen and hydrocodone. Was planning on riding the stationary bike for 30 min today and then doing some weight training. We'll see, I guess.

Have you considered getting an MRI? I hope you don't have a femoral neck stress fracture...

Another link.

I read a little about femoral stress fractures this morning in the waiting room. I suppose that would be the worst case scenario. I think it's not real likely but who knows. As far as scheduling an MRI, I guess most doctors would recommend I see this ibuprofen and rest treatment out for the next two weeks out and then take it from there.

They would, but if I were you I'd ask for the MRI now. If it's a stress fracture, you want to know...

If it was a stress fracture, would it be responding to ibuprofen? Because after taking a 800mg about an hour ago, my leg feels pretty good.

Just seeing this...Hang10, this is what I did to myself on my first comeback attempt. I did it to myself by QUICKLY increasing mileage and speedwork. Ibuprofen masked my pain if I was just sitting around at work or something but did not make it possible for me to run. Plus as Grue (and my doctor) said, taking ibuprofen will actually slow down the healing if it's a fracture. I read this somewhere at the time and it may seem too simple but it seems true...if it warms up, it's likely muscle, if it never warms up, it's probably bone. When I had my fracture, I'd try to run really slow to start and hope it warmed up but it never did. And I couldn't run without limping. It was pretty debilitating. I hate going to the doctor but even I had to admit on that one that it was necessary.

 

[koby925]

I never ran the Philly Full Marathon (or any full for that matter) but the Philly Half is pretty flat.

 

[Hang 10]

So yeah, this weekend really sucked. Did an hour on the elliptical saturday without much pain...other than the pain of staring at the seconds ticking off the clock for an hour. Sunday, I did the stairmaster for 30 min, followed by 15 minutes on the rowing machine...again, minimal pain.

It's now been 4 days without running and there really doesn't seem any improvement yet. Saw my primary care physician this morning and ##### wants been to stay off it totally for a week...COMPLETELY stay off it...as in USE CRUTCHES. I think he's crazy but gladly took his script for some 800mg ibuprofen and hydrocodone. Was planning on riding the stationary bike for 30 min today and then doing some weight training. We'll see, I guess.

Have you considered getting an MRI? I hope you don't have a femoral neck stress fracture...

Another link.

I read a little about femoral stress fractures this morning in the waiting room. I suppose that would be the worst case scenario. I think it's not real likely but who knows. As far as scheduling an MRI, I guess most doctors would recommend I see this ibuprofen and rest treatment out for the next two weeks out and then take it from there.

They would, but if I were you I'd ask for the MRI now. If it's a stress fracture, you want to know...

If it was a stress fracture, would it be responding to ibuprofen? Because after taking a 800mg about an hour ago, my leg feels pretty good.

Just seeing this...Hang10, this is what I did to myself on my first comeback attempt. I did it to myself by QUICKLY increasing mileage and speedwork. Ibuprofen masked my pain if I was just sitting around at work or something but did not make it possible for me to run. Plus as Grue (and my doctor) said, taking ibuprofen will actually slow down the healing if it's a fracture. I read this somewhere at the time and it may seem too simple but it seems true...if it warms up, it's likely muscle, if it never warms up, it's probably bone. When I had my fracture, I'd try to run really slow to start and hope it warmed up but it never did. And I couldn't run without limping. It was pretty debilitating. I hate going to the doctor but even I had to admit on that one that it was necessary.

What if it's a nerve issue? Does that warmup? I did just run a 30k and it didn't bother me the majority of the run.. I really don't think it's a fracture.

 

[prosopis]

Noob reportHey gents, still working on building mileage. If any of you remember some of my precious posts, I was expecting a 2nd child. Well he arrived a little early on 2/22 so I basically haven't slept since then. Anyways, here is my monthly progress:January: 46 milesFebruary: 60 milesAm I increasing too quickly, or is this a healthy progression? I have signed up for 3 races this summer. 2 in April, so I think I need to start working in some speed work

Congrats on the baby How long are the races? Are these your first?

 

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9 miles this aft at 8:19 average pace. Hot yoga and another 15 miles tomorrow. Much-needed (and highly anticipated) rest day on Wednesday.

 

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I see there is a running thread here. Cool. I just ran my ninth marathon in New Orleans 2/24 in 4:16;32, my second best. I will begin training for number ten (Illinois Marathon 4/27) as soon as I feel recovered. I am 49 and have been running since '07.I look forward to being part of the group.

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