gregorymichael

u/gregorymichael


r/running•

Started experiencing pain in my shins four weeks ago. Doctor advised me to rest. After several weeks, pain was still there, doctor had a "high suspicion" of stress fracture, but the CT scan came back negative. The pain has been subsiding over the last two weeks, I've been prescribed a Medrol dose pack to reduce inflamation and given the clear to ramp up my running.

My goal was to run the Chicago marathon on Oct 12. My training plan called for long runs of 16x3, 18x2 before tapering. I ran the first two 16 milers, and have only run 5 miles in the four weeks since.

I'm 80/20 against starting the race. Even if I'm no longer at risk of a stress fracture, it feels like there's a plethora of oth

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r/firstmarathon•

Started experiencing pain in my shins four weeks ago. Doctor advised me to rest. After several weeks, pain was still there, doctor had a "high suspicion" of stress fracture, but the CT scan came back negative. The pain has been subsiding over the last two weeks, I've been prescribed a Medrol dose pack to reduce inflamation and given the clear to ramp up my running.

My goal was to run the Chicago marathon on Oct 12. My training plan called for long runs of 16x3, 18x2 before tapering. I ran the first two 16 milers, and have only run 5 miles in the four weeks since.

I'm 80/20 against starting the race. Even if I'm no longer at risk of a stress fracture, it feels like there's a plethora of o

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