Hip Redux
Fourouta5, congrats on getting back out there. I'm officially adding myself to this list today. I haven't run since March 25th with what I thought was a stress fracture. I went to the orthopedist yesterday and he confirmed it - stress fracture of the left foot at the top of my 4th metatarsal. So, I'm in a walking boot. I can cycle and swim but I can't even use the elliptical. Blech. The good news is that I didn't have any goal races on the horizon. The other bit of good news is that I was smart enough to quit running before the stress fracture turned into a real fracture.
Fourouta5, congrats on getting back out there.
I'm officially adding myself to this list today. I haven't run since March 25th with what I thought was a stress fracture. I went to the orthopedist yesterday and he confirmed it - stress fracture of the left foot at the top of my 4th metatarsal. So, I'm in a walking boot. I can cycle and swim but I can't even use the elliptical. Blech. The good news is that I didn't have any goal races on the horizon. The other bit of good news is that I was smart enough to quit running before the stress fracture turned into a real fracture.
Well that sucks.
How long in the boot?
I haven't run since March 25th with what I thought was a stress fracture. I went to the orthopedist yesterday and he confirmed it - stress fracture of the left foot at the top of my 4th metatarsal.
Okay so you were right but how the hell did it happen?
Caretaker/Overlook Hotel
I'll take "Running Multiple Miles Daily", for $500, Alex!
It's like with all of us that end up injured......It's nothing really done any differently per se, except that the perfect storm hits when there's just the slightest dip in any physical deficiency & "presto"......what we've been doing for weeks, months or even years prior, just catches us out.
I hate it, but I don't know if I'd trade the best shape of my life last fall for it. (shrug)
Randy
I have a fairly good idea.
If you look at my mileage from January, February, and March, it isn't out of the ordinary. Indeed, it's below what I would normally run in that period of time. Nor was I doing super hard workouts. I was in Phase II of a Daniels 5K-15K plan and that's not terribly difficult. What was unusual was this crazy winter we had that caused me to be insanely inconsistent. Mileage went like this:
51
54
22
48
70
60
38
72
50
BAM!
I think the lack of consistent mileage over 50 mpw did me in.
Short term goal: 17:59 5K
Mid term goal: 2:54:59 marathon
Long term goal: To say I've been a runner half my life. (I started running at age 45).
Refurbished Hip
I guess I can officially take myself of the list at this point. Today I had my first run since November 1, 2013. For those who may not recall, I tripped on a curb on the first run of my 3 week taper prior to the Philly marathon. Tore my right hamstring, a complete annulment. Two weeks later had surgery to reattach, crutches for 6 weeks. I have been fully mobile and unrestricted since January.
That's awesome! Now get outta here and don't come back!
And soon as we lose someone, we gain another...sorry to hear about your sfx, Brad.
Running is dumb.
Great news, forouta!
LTH, sorry about the injury.
Get well, folks.
Damaris
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Will run for scenery.
4/5 - Yay for recovery ! It sounds like some gruesome stuff you went through.
LtH : I hope you like the bike, b/c swimming in a boot doesn't sound fun I'm sorry to hear about the SFX. But it surprises me. I would think that with years of running, a few months of variable miles wouldn't be that dangerous. At least you caught it in time and got it diagnosed.
AFM, I'm feeling like the AT has at least stopped getting worse and may actually be improving a smidge.
Stupid feet!
Stupid elbow!
So, I hit the bike for 45 minutes last night and just got out of the pool after 30 minutes. The boot is removable. I'm going to try to do doubles most days with 30 minutes of swimming in the morning and 45 minutes on the bike in the afternoon. What I have discovered is that my swimming and biking muscles are not strong enough to let me maintain my normal easy run heartrate of 140 or so. I can't maintain any effort over about 120-130. Aerobically I'm fine but the muscles won't do it.
From the Internet.
Try pool running! Huge, huge staple for maintaining fitness as an injured runner. I spent a lot of time running in the pool last year while recovering from shin splints and building back from square one - I didn't have a big base to begin with, so I came out of the pool with better aerobic fitness than when I started. This is a good introduction to it.
Water running is a good workout. I get funny looks from people though.
Healed Hammy
LTH: How did you make out with your piriformis issue earlier? Did it go away or was it something else?
I was often in a lane next to Ivy League varsity runners doing the same thing, so it made me feel a little less silly In general it's pretty awkward looking though.
Can't do it. I tried it for a bit in the pool this morning after I finished swimming. When you run, you push off with your toe. The forward roll onto my toe is what aggravates it.
You shouldn't be pushing off anything - it's deep water swimming.
OK. Now that I looked it up I see what you are saying. Oh well, I swam 30 minutes this morning and hit the cycle in the fitness center for 45 minutes this afternoon. If I thought I was going to be laid up for a long time, I might invest in an aqua jogger. As it is, I will hopefully be back to running in 2-3 weeks. OTOH, I see article's point about being able to work hard nearly every time because it's zero impact. I might look at getting one anyway for those days when I'm not injured but just "tweaked" enough to force me to take a few days off. Hmmmm.