The results are in!!!
Great news!! The bone scan was clean and there are no stress fractures in my foot! Yipppeee!
I can start training again right away- slowly. There is however, still some pain in the "Big Toe Tendon" (I tried REALLY hard this time to remember the actual name of it..). I think it's called the "Longus Tendon". I was given a prescription for some anti-inflamatories which will probably do the trick. The doctor also recommended that I start training by alternating back and forth between my old and new shoes. Although the shoe I have is the correct one for my foot- it's pretty stiff and doesn't have much give under the arch. This is a common recommendation for orhtodics aswell. I'll give it a try.
I found a great training program for the beginner getting into the first SuperSprint Triathlon. I'm going to start it right away, the only exception I'm going to make is with the running. I'll probably talk to someone at the Running Room to get a better gauge of how to increase the running portion a little quicker than the other two sports. Here is the program I have decided to go with. It's 4 months long and Run Focused, again, because I'm actually training for a marathon and not a SuperSprint run.. the run distances will be adjusted.
CHECK OUT MY SUPERSPRINT TRAINING PROGRAM
If only I could figure out how to import that into my calendar....
posted by Sarah @ 11:40 AM
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It looks like a good program. The running looks like more of a maintenance program, with it all being relatively the same distance for most runs. What is your goal for your next run from where you are now?
Cheers.
Rice.
The best thing I ever did for my marathon training is take two steps back. At first I was so excited I pushed my training way too hard. I did lots of speed, hills, and distance. From there I jumped into a half marathon and did myself in. After that I took three months off then slowly got back into it. I forced myself to slow down. I had to start with walking and then run/walk because every time I ran I would forget and start to speed up again. I had to get myself to run with a lower hart rate for a longer distance. I went from a slow 11min/mile with a hart rate of 150-60 to an 8min mile with no increases in hart rate. This took me almost 9 months. You might have read some of this in my blog.
Now that I have my base I am turning to speed training and going to build up the muscles. The idea behind it all is the endurance trains your body to supply oxygen to working muscles, how to burn fuel (the slower you run the more fat you burn) Then when you move to speed work you build your muscles to be able to hold more oxygen. So you can see why you need the endurance training first. Its no good to have muscles that can hold lots of oxygen if you cant supply them.
Best of luck.. Your going to love it.
Cheers.
Rice
Hi, I found you through Rice's blog. Thought I'd say hello. I'm somewhat of a new runner myself...it's been a couple of years with just two 5 K races behind me. I'll be running a 1/2 this fall and trusting to run a full marathon next spring.
I like the look of your plan. Personally, I believe we all need to follow some sort of plan to get where we want to be. Keep up the good work. I'll be back.
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