Taking a month off when you're in the best shape of your life.

Yes, take the month off. It will take you about a month to get back up to the shape you're in now, but if you can run without any limitations aftwr your month off, you'll be happier.

Side note-Have you gotten this checked out by a doctor? You probably should before you jump into taking a month off...I mean, if it's something that will heal in 3 weeks, why take an extra week off? Or, what if this is something that doesn't really heal? (Yes, that's incredibly unfortunate, and I'll send my regards,) but why take the month off if it's just something you'll always have to train though?

Dathan, listen to Alberto and take the month off. So what if you have to bag London. Just be ready fro outdoors and worlds.

Good point. I've seen my athletic trainers and they just thought it was a strained hamstring that I messed up further by running on it. This first happened in September and I kept thinking it's gone until I have to run something moderately fast.

I'm actually seeing a doctor on Thursday. (sports doctor) I guess I just don't have a lot of faith in doctors, and I feel like he'd just tell me to take more time off. My coach offered the opinion that it might be something to do with my sciatic nerve, but I don't think that's it.

I'm going to do what the doc tells me. But I was really just wondering what the month off would do to me.

Run at 6:45 pace for a month

Aghast wrote:

Run at 6:45 pace for a month

But I feel that running (at all) is what is making this injury not go away. Sure I could run at 6:45 for a month, but then I'd try to race and BAM, leg won't work. I actually only ran at 7:00-8:00 for a month already then I tried a tempo run and it gave out again.

Take the time off. I struggled with a very similar injury for about a year. It sounds like high hamstring tendinopathy. Read this article and see if the symptoms match up.

http://www.agilept.com/downloads/high-hamstring-tendinopathy-in-runners.pdf

I've found base period is a good time to get rid of old injuries as long as you don't push the mileage envelope too much and ease your way back into workouts.

best of luck

Orange wrote:

Take the time off. I struggled with a very similar injury for about a year. It sounds like high hamstring tendinopathy. Read this article and see if the symptoms match up.

http://www.agilept.com/downloads/high-hamstring-tendinopathy-in-runners.pdf

Thanks for that. I looked through it and believe I don't have high hamstring tendinopathy. It suggests that you have buttocks pain alot. I didn't even have soreness in my buttocks up until a week ago after I tried a half marathon "easy" at 6 minute pace. In that race it gave out at 8 miles. The following 3 days I had deep muscle soreness in my right upper butt, but more near my side. I don't think it has anything to do with the hamstriong other that it got sore because I was favoring one side the whole race.

If your leg stops working, you aren't in the best shape of your life. Take a month off, man.

laughingostrich wrote:

If your leg stops working, you aren't in the best shape of your life. Take a month off, man.

THIS.

"THIS" is not a sentence.

elevator wrote:

"THIS" is not a sentence.

in this instance it is sufficient

Even if it is tendionopathy, taking time off may not help. Tendons don't get good blood flow. If running at 6:45 doesn't hurt at all then it is BETTER to run at that pace everyday then to take time off. Increase the blood flow to the injured area

Your psoas is going into spasms. Look up julstro.com and find info on the psoas stretch. I would give you the link but I am on vacation and I have less than one minute on the computer at a library before I am kicked off going 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,

Yea that's what I figured. I felt like I can run through it. But then again it's not going away. I'm not taking any time off unless the doctor tells me to. And, by best shape of my life, I mean I could PR in every distance right now if my leg would just cooperate with me. Maybe I should have said best "aerobic" shape.