Help! Taper week ruined - Marathon

running 0 miles will do very little to negatively effect you trail marathon. The negative effect will be almost completely mental. Is it ideal? no. But your body will gain a lot from the rest.

You have a good excuse now if the race goes badly. Just chill with your legs up this week, and hope for the best next weekend.

bearbroo wrote:

running 0 miles will do very little to negatively effect you trail marathon. The negative effect will be almost completely mental. Is it ideal? no. But your body will gain a lot from the rest.

Agreed.

What antibiotics are you on.

Thanks for the replies. I'm on augmentin for 6 days.

em dee wrote:

What antibiotics are you on.

Answer this. Some antibiotics can mess with your achillies tendon.

Fitness-wise, you will be fine. The main problem I see is starting the race flat due to lack of miles. If you could somehow do 30mins + strides the day after, it would be very helpful.

justsomeoldcoach wrote:

Fitness-wise, you will be fine. The main problem I see is starting the race flat due to lack of miles. If you could somehow do 30mins + strides the day after, it would be very helpful.

The day before, obviously.

It's a trail marathon, who cares.

Thank you for your helpful answer to my serious question and unfortunate injury.

But seriously, feel free to mock the event if you want to, but saying who cares to me and my injury seems a bit harsh.

How about some walks and maybe hitting the bike for a day or two? Other than that, just rest, recover, stretch a little and take it easy -- then go in with a relaxed "whatever" attitude for the TM.

How is it that you think it will bleed from running today, tomorrow, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday but will magically NOT bleed on Sunday?

Doctors know nothing about running. You can take Today and perhaps tomorrow off, but run as planned Tuesday and after and see if it bleeds before you swear off running for 7 days. The worst that can happen is your stitches will bleed and you can stop then.

I have no idea what effect Augmentin will have on your running but that should be easy to look up.

D-town wrote:

I am scheduled to run a trail marathon next Sunday. My training peaked at 50 Miles per week around 3 weeks ago and I did a 20 Miler 10 days ago.

Here's my problem: due to an unfortunate accident during a home improvement project, I got a very large laceration in my mouth. After a trip to an ENT, and a tetanus shot, I can't run now or it will start bleeding and I am on a 6 day cycle of antibiotics.

How should I approach this last week? How bad will it be if I run 0 miles in the last 7 days of my training? I'm feeling well prepared and fit but don't know what I should do for this last week. I will be off antibiotics for 24 hours before the race.

Thanks

What kind of board has LRC become! i'm ashamed of you all.

A wound, in his mouth, and all we can do is have a reasonable conversation answering the questions he asked. ashamed!

no one even implied that the wound may have been questionable.

well now that is out of the way, i agree with previous posts.