Comments | pistonbballfan: Bad news.

pistonbballfan

Bad news.

Apr 23, 2006 16:28

So I got some bad news at the doctor on Friday. I have a stress fracture in my right foot and have to stay off it for a while...meaning I won't be able to train for the next 3-4 weeks, and I've been told to not run my marathon. I'm crushed. I've been crying on and off all weekend because A) my foot hurts so bad that I can hardly walk and B) I've ( Read more... )

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pistonbballfan April 25 2006, 20:16:17 UTC

Dont worry I still plan on coming to see you run. I may actually drop down to either the half marathon or 10k if my foot feels okay by then.

And you know they had you scheduled to work yesterday! LOL

downwpigeons April 23 2006, 23:13:42 UTC

oh honey :(

pistonbballfan April 25 2006, 20:16:28 UTC

:( I love you!

areuhappynow April 24 2006, 02:06:48 UTC

wow. were you training for a full marathon? i hear if you try to train too fast its pretty easy to get hurt. maybe you can wait a year and give it another go?

pistonbballfan April 25 2006, 20:17:19 UTC

Yeah, I had been training for the past 4 months. I wasn't training too fast though. Just overuse. Nothing you can really do to stop it. Lots of runners get stress fractures and tendonitis. Rest is really the only thing you can do about it. I was following a beginner's marathon training schedule.