Waiting For Orthotics: Rest or X-Train?
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Iron Dan posted 49 weeks ago.
If I were you, I would take few days off and let your wounds heal. You are not getting that much a cardiovascular benefit by “limping” your way through workouts. Take at least 3-4 days off and see how you feel from there, a few days off are not going to hurt you cardiovascularly at all, however, continuing to workout through injuries could hurt you.
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brittda posted 49 weeks ago.
having had a few stress fractures, and having to lay low I have had this delima. Personally I would swim and or water jog for the next few days to give the ITB a rest if you feel like you must exercise or like Iron Dan suggested take a couple of days off. It wont kill you either way.
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catwood posted 49 weeks ago.
Just take the time off. I promise it won't hurt. I took 2 weeks off and did absolutely nothing after what I thought was my last race for a while. I've been back at it for two weeks and feel absolutely fantastic.
Remember, its ALWAYS better to be undertrained than overtrained. Always.
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Anton posted 49 weeks ago.
Al...take some time off...don't cross train. I've seen your trifuel training log and your cross training, especially on the eliptical, would kill a horse! Just shut it down, wait for the orthotics and come back SLOWLY!...please...we want you around in ten years.
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alowrun posted 49 weeks ago.
Yea, good call. I think I'll just shut it down for a while. Focus on real, hard, rest.
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oztrigal posted 49 weeks ago.
Speaking of your training log, seems to be you swam for almost 50 hours in 1 week???
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alowrun posted 49 weeks ago.
No. That most deffinetely did NOT happen. I think at most I have swam 6 hours in one week.
Must have been a training log error.
Thanks for noting it though!
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So I've been on the bike 3x, which feels good after about 1 minute of initial soreness in the sore adductor.
The elliptical was yesterday, for 60 minutes, and felt sore afterwards, but this morning I felt the normal - Nothing worse than the last few days.
I know I still can't run, and don't want to, as my adductor and ITB just aren't ready at all. I'm also waiting on my orthotics to be refurbished. I'm hoping once they come in, I'll me moving much more fuildly, as they will correct my biomechanical off-set.
I'm looking into a marathon in mid-october to mid-november. Should I just shut down my cardiovascular system to heal faster, or should I take the delayed recovery, and just get on the bike when I can. Thanks guys!
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