Injury Prone Woes

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17 years ago 03/28/2007 4:44pm EDT

Hello Letsrun world. I am a high school 3000m runner with a past riddled with injuries. I have been running about 50-60 miles a week, with a set of mile repeats, a tempo run, and a long run per week. I have had stress fractures, tendonitis, and have had to take off way too much time in my short career. I have resolved to take every other sunday off from running to help prevent injuries.

The problem is that i have weekly meets, which usually land on a tuesday or wednesday. If i take the sunday before the meet off, will this effect my performance? Should i go by a different rule of taking a day off to prevent this?

Any other information or tips or solutions would be greatly appreciated.

17 years ago 03/28/2007 5:32pm EDT

re: hsxc

I too have had an injury prone past and have always figured one day off every 14 days is going to help rest me up and keep me healthy. I have found in the past year though that, instead of an off day, take one day a week where you run severely undermileage. Days off will typically tighen your muscles and will not help you recover as effectively as an extremely easy/short day. For example, in my current program we take Mondays, the day after our long run, as our easy/short day. I usually go a max of 6 miles on Mondays with a pool run of 30 min. in the AM, and I do about 65-70 mpw. Try pool running a few mornings a week, or double your days up. For instance instead of a 9 mile day, do 2-3 in the AM and 6 in the afternoon. That is what has worked best for me, and I am about as injury prone as it comes.

17 years ago 03/28/2007 5:39pm EDT

re: Ricky Boobey

im permantly injured! plenty of runners tell me to run through injuries, but im starting to think im not built for it :(

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