Peroneal Tendonitis
Discussion
Hit 18 miles as part of my marathon training at the weekend, next day my ankle was really sore, left it for a few days, three miles last night and it's the same, the doctor said it's the above.
Now that would be ok if I didn't have the marathon in four weeks! He said to take it easy and let my body tell me how far to push it, but, does anyone have any experience of this? can I rest a couple of days and just grin and bare it?
Any experience of time out/recovery would be greatly appreciated.
Spent months training for what is going to be my first marathon in the snow, ice and heat and I'm so gutted it's untrue :-(
Now that would be ok if I didn't have the marathon in four weeks! He said to take it easy and let my body tell me how far to push it, but, does anyone have any experience of this? can I rest a couple of days and just grin and bare it?
Any experience of time out/recovery would be greatly appreciated.
Spent months training for what is going to be my first marathon in the snow, ice and heat and I'm so gutted it's untrue :-(
Sorry to be the the bearer of news you don't want to hear, but no, you won't be able to just grin and bear it I'm afraid.
Everyone's different and it's impossible to say with any accuracy how long it'll take for you to heal, but personally I would suggest 2 weeks complete rest - no running or cross training at all. After 2 weeks try a low intensity 5k and take it from there. If, at any time it kicks off again, stop. You may just be OK for your marathon if you do this, but you certainly won't if you try to "run through it" (you won't be able to).
I appreciate it doesn't help you now, but for future reference, if there was no traumatic mechanism to your injury, it would suggest that you've increased volume or mileage too quickly.
In relation to your race, more bad news is that 2 weeks out of your runners will have quite a significant impact on your enzyme levels/mitochondrial density/fueling and consequently your anaerobic threshold will suffer (it'll possibly drop 15 - 20% in that time). Your muscular gains (heart stroke volume/capilliary density) will hardly be affected . . . just how quickly you can get what you've lost back will be determined by how trained an individual you are, but suffice to say you'll still be able to race (if you're healed), you'll just be a touch slower!
Never mind - it'll still draw a line in the sand that you can aim to beat in your next one
Everyone's different and it's impossible to say with any accuracy how long it'll take for you to heal, but personally I would suggest 2 weeks complete rest - no running or cross training at all. After 2 weeks try a low intensity 5k and take it from there. If, at any time it kicks off again, stop. You may just be OK for your marathon if you do this, but you certainly won't if you try to "run through it" (you won't be able to).
I appreciate it doesn't help you now, but for future reference, if there was no traumatic mechanism to your injury, it would suggest that you've increased volume or mileage too quickly.
In relation to your race, more bad news is that 2 weeks out of your runners will have quite a significant impact on your enzyme levels/mitochondrial density/fueling and consequently your anaerobic threshold will suffer (it'll possibly drop 15 - 20% in that time). Your muscular gains (heart stroke volume/capilliary density) will hardly be affected . . . just how quickly you can get what you've lost back will be determined by how trained an individual you are, but suffice to say you'll still be able to race (if you're healed), you'll just be a touch slower!
Never mind - it'll still draw a line in the sand that you can aim to beat in your next one
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