I won't be able to run for about 1 -2 more months from a injury, what is going to happen to all my previous years of gained v02 max, neuromuscular speed, lactate levels from running?
I am planning on going to the olympics in 8 years, will this set me back on my goal too much? Have there ever been olympic runners who got injured longer and caught back up?
I took 2ish months off recently to deal with disordered eating habits, and to gain some weight while mentally just taking a break from running.
I have been running again for 9ish weeks now, and am quite surprised at how fast my fitness is coming back.
Your good man, this is a big setback but I'm sure there have been Olympians in worse situations. Just work smart, don't rush it, in 8 years you'll be glad you took care of yourself. You start losing fitness in about 2 weeks, I think your aerobic capacity will take the biggest hit, so just rebuild that base and do strength training to get your original strength back. Luckily muscle memory doesn't go away that quickly so I'm sure you'll be fine in that area. In the meantime do everything possible to retain as much fitness as you can. Bike if you can, do anything that you think will help, and keep your head, injury sucks but it's all part of the journey. Good luck man you can deffinitley make it, no doubt about it!
coleiolio wrote:
I took 2ish months off recently to deal with disordered eating habits, and to gain some weight while mentally just taking a break from running.
I have been running again for 9ish weeks now, and am quite surprised at how fast my fitness is coming back.
I have opposite problem right now, i think i'm eating too much? If i weigh 168lbs at 5,11 does this matter that much? My racing weight is sub 160lb flat, should i fast until i loose like 5lbs of fat or should i just not worry and not go above 170 for weight until i start training?
It’s like being in the womb. When you re-emerge you will have the legs of an infant.
It’s hard to say. For reference, I was 5’10 and when I took my break I was roughly 115. The extra weight I put on in reality probably helped me. Without knowing your event, how you are built, and training habits before your time off I can’t really give you much advice.
I wasn’t able to do too much physical activity while on down time, but if that’s possible definitely try to stay active
I've never competed at top levels but I have taken moths off of running a few times, and there were some benefits. For one thing, if you're used to running at your limit all the time then you might have some chronic problems that you never quite got over but your body just manages to work around them. You might not even really be aware of them. When you take an extended time off then these things have time to heal and you may find that when you do come back your body feels different. It feels kind of like a different body. I've had this happen a few times and had to re-learn my body a bit. But I usually see it as a positive thing and it feels better.
I guess it is different if you only have a few years window to perform at your best, but since that hasn't been an issue for me that's my perspective.
All righty well I am polishing off a plate of powdered donuts with a tall glass of organic full creamline milk ... and ... what?
3 month injury wrote:
I am planning on going to the olympics in 8 years
OMG THERE'S GOING TO BE A 2029 OLYMPICS??
Spitting out this bite of donut RIGHT NOW! patooie
I don't think anybody knows about the 2029 olympics ... I could probably qualify. okpeoplemytrainingstartsnownownow
I am going for GOLD in the self-hand-timed 10 meter dash. I will be training at an 11 minute pace in my 15 meter back yard, right after I move to New York City!
Hmmm ... on second thought, the best I could hope for would be silver.
forget it. back to the donuts.
omp omp omp