Half Marathon with Stress Fracture

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13 years ago 10/12/2011 8:45am EDT

Hello, I'm looking for some opinions on whether to run my half marathon this weekend that I have been training hard for. I have what is likely a stress fracture on the inside of my tibia. Doctor says it will likely not show up on an x-ray but symptoms point to mild stress fracture or stress reaction (there is a painful spot that I can press on).

I discovered this a couple of weeks ago and immediately went to the doctor and then started cross-training, with a little bit of running.

I don't feel anything when I walk, and only when I run is there slight discomfort or twinge around the hotspot.

I have done a few runs with no progression in discomfort this past week, except for this morning. I started a shakeout run after doing a hard tempo yesterday. I decided to stop after 2k because the discomfort had increased, but still not really painful. It's more that I'm aware of it and am nervous about something bad happening.

I have 4 days until the race and I feel like if I rest/cross train with maybe a little run and strides the day before the race I will be OK.

Thoughts?

13 years ago 10/12/2011 9:03am EDT

re: Half Marathoner

you can always do another half marathon. take care of your leg, learn from your training mistakes.

13 years ago 10/12/2011 9:04am EDT

re: Half Marathoner

you can always do another half marathon. take care of your leg, learn from your training mistakes.

13 years ago 10/12/2011 9:05am EDT

re: Half Marathoner

you can always do another half marathon. take care of your leg, learn from your training mistakes.

13 years ago 10/12/2011 9:06am EDT

re: Half Marathoner

Run it. Race it hard. The best thing for a stress fracture is racing a half marathon. You will not hear that from a Dr but it is absolutely true. There is NO CHANCE that it will completely fracture, anyone who says so is lying.

You have trained hard for this race and you should not let a 'potentially' long term injury prevent you from running it. You will never have another opportunity to run a half marathon so you should definitely run this one regardless of the circumstances.

Staying healthy is for pussies.

13 years ago 10/20/2011 9:17am EDT

re: sarcastic asshole

I ran it! I ran a PR by 4 minutes. Only felt the SF for the first 5k (minor discomfort) and then it disappeared. Didn't feel any worse afterwards. It's been 4 days now without any running and it seems to be healing.

13 years ago 10/20/2011 10:49am EDT

re: Half Marathoner

Half Marathoner wrote:
I ran it! I ran a PR by 4 minutes. Only felt the SF for the first 5k (minor discomfort) and then it disappeared. Didn't feel any worse afterwards. It's been 4 days now without any running and it seems to be healing.

That's great. Congratulations.

I would put a washcloth in a bowl of ice water, rinse it most of the way out so it's not dripping all over, then press it on your leg. Do this for 1/2 a minute or however long it stays cold. Walk around for a minute, then repeat several times. Keep doing this several times a day until the pain has disappeared.

There might be some issue with your shoes, or running surfaces that needs to be changed.

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