I found out that I could have a femoral fracture today. Need MRI but PA that did examination told me no running.
To give you a snapshot, I am a 19 year old freshman guy at a d2 program. I hade a met sf in June that caused me to miss Summer base, then another at the end of Cross that put me out of indoor. Had a femoral stress fracture junior highschool year and it felt the same. Have been diagnosed with sub 200 testosterone in past couple months but 303 last check in after (early morning test). Sleep about 8 hours a night, eat right/enough etc. This past weekend I ran a 15:34 5k pr (never sub 16 hs).
I do about 15 total training hours per week, a lot of cycling, some swimming. Basically triathlon stuff. Double threshold workouts with a bike the evening of a hard run. Not supposed to do more than 35 mpw but have accidentally floated close to 50 with racing and workouts last couple weeks.
I have an FTP of 350W and love cycling. Is it selfish to try and stay on my team and hope for another chance? I literally cannot stay healthy above 35 mpw it seems. The other freshman in my recruiting class are running crazy compared to highschool prs. 3:50 1500, sub 15 indoor 5ks etc. We recruited a 1:52/4:15 kid + some 1:55/low 4:2x guys and the head coach turns down kids that run the times i ran in highschool because of our class's success.
I feel like a drag on resources at this point(on similar scholarship as the successful freshman). Do I try and transfer to some school that has a cycling program, or shut up and run 35 mpw and cross train my butt off?
I want every opinion. Thanks
Do you train in alpha flies or vapor flies? Some correlation is starting to emerge connecting them to femoral sfx. great for feet, unsafe up the chain...
I have for the past few years and admittedly have some crazy nasty pronation. Like foot completely rolled over. I have since started using Saucony Endorphin Pros, but obviously a little too late.
Height weight? As someone else mentioned already, RED-S is obviously likey. Your running mileage is in the sweet spot to best build bone density (better than sitting on the couch or running higher mileage), yet low bone density. 15 hours a week including cross training isn't too much if you eat enough.
Height weight? As someone else mentioned already, RED-S is obviously likey. Your running mileage is in the sweet spot to best build bone density (better than sitting on the couch or running higher mileage), yet low bone density. 15 hours a week including cross training isn't too much if you eat enough.
Could be. Again, look at K2, to help with bone density and prevent fractures.
Height weight? As someone else mentioned already, RED-S is obviously likey. Your running mileage is in the sweet spot to best build bone density (better than sitting on the couch or running higher mileage), yet low bone density. 15 hours a week including cross training isn't too much if you eat enough.
Could be. Again, look at K2, to help with bone density and prevent fractures.