I would do a slow jog just to see how it feels. If it hurts, stop.

 Me, too.

"Better safe than sorry" vs. "He who hesitates is lost."

 

Yin vs. Yang.

 

Yankees vs. Redsox.

 

Triumph or Tragedy.

 

David vs. Goliath.

 

Spy vs. Spy.

 

Hope that helps.

 

Oh, I get it now.  What was wrong with the Swamp was that it was constipated.  Now that the asshole is back all is well.

 

Carry on.

5k balls would have helped skootr at TK.

Are you taking something for the inflammation (tendonitis) if that is what it is?      I agree-if it hurts, stop.

 

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Blood flows into your kidneys in arteries. The arteries branch smaller and smaller until they are tiny little arterioles. These deliver blood to the microscopic unit in the kidney responsible for making urine, called the glomerulus. Those arterioles delivering blood to the glomerulus are called afferent arterioles. Those collecting the blood out the other side are called efferent arterioles. There are several hormonal mechanisms for making sure that the pressure head on the blood is sufficient so that you make appropriate urine even when you are dehydrated.

Ibuprofen and other NSAIDs mess with the hormonal control over the arterioles and essentially causes the blood to stop flowing to the glomerulus. This can cause a sharp decrease in urine and in oxygen delivery to the kidneys. The latter can kill off kidney cells in great number.

The effect of NSAIDS is mitigated by adequate hydration. If you are dehydrated, the protection is gone and the effect of the NSAIDS on the hormonal control over your afferent arterioles is gone. You can cause substantial and permanent kidney damage. Bad.

When glomerular filtration is limited, your body may try several mechanisms to fix the problem using other hormonal systems. This combined with reduced renal function can cause a dangerous increase in potassium and a drop in your sodium. Also bad.

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You never know the day that your ibuprofen or other NSAID you take while running will cause renal failure, and it is not wholly dependent on hydration.

The pain of marathoning and training can be expected. Why do you feel the need to stop that pain? Because you don't like it? Marathoning is supposed to hurt. I'm not talking about the pathologic pain of injury; if you have that, address the injury (rather than hiding it under some drug). I see way too many people in my practice and in the world who want to run but don't want to hurt while running. Sadly, it does not always work that way. Don't risk your health to hide the pain. Learn to accept it, to feel it flow through you, to guide you and teach you. Pain is not your enemy.

Jeff, a local RA member, a 2:35 marathoner and professional philosopher (really) once wrote this: "For me, racing is not about overcoming pain. It's about as running fast as I can. The pain is just the way the body speaks to you, a side phenomenon. It's silly to try to overcome it or attack it. We talk about the "pain" of running as if it were a single phenomenon. Actually, in running as in life there are many different sorts of pains, and one can learn to distinguish these pains in order to respond to them differently. It is very rare that generating the sensation of "pushing through it" is the appropriate response to pain. My sense is that generating that feeling is just layering one type of pain on another."

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I think after many times of being stupid and running through injuries, I've learned my lesson. People that say just run through the pain, may have no idea of what you are dealing with. I deal with individuals daily who think in those terms, because they don't understand that my type of pain is much different than another girl's pain that is really an excuse to get out of pushups. One guy in my company actually told me to "cover up" my ankle brace after I rolled my ankle because it "made me look like a pussy" and one of the Major's was constantly ragging on me whenever he saw me in it. I'm sorry, but if I'm injured, I'm going to take care of myself.

Of course, having an injury that sends sharp pain radiating from your calf up to your ass when you walk much less run pretty much is the deciding factor of me not running this past week...

My point is...don't be retarded and run through something that may be serious. You have a lot of miles ahead of you so why blow it for what, a stupid number at the end of the week or the month? Is it really worth it? Now, if you truly are being a pussy and its actually nothing, then get off your ass and go run 

So what, running through a stress fracture is worth one marathon? I don't care how good of a time someone may get, it wasn't worth it for me...not for the resulting 3 months off I couldn't run...

 Depends on how good that one marathon is.  I'd take a stress fracture for a 2:45 marathon, and then 3 months off.  Cause I drink and get fat for 3 months with my shiny new 2:45 PR.

 

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