Injury stops training
I am officially worried about my right leg. The race is two weeks away and I’ve had to stop training because of the pain in my right leg.
I know the problem started late last week, but I can’t remember when or how I may have injured the leg. I was able to run 8 miles Thursday, and did so with relatively little pain, but rather soreness.
However, Friday it began to hurt more. At first I thought it was my calf muscle, so I tried to stretch it out. It wasn’t much of a factor during my 5 mile run Tuesday, but I didn’t feel the soreness Wednesday.
But by Friday night I had ruled out the calf muscle and I am now focusing on the inside of my leg between my ankle and calf muscle.
The darnedest thing is I went to the beach Friday night, stood in the water for a while, and my leg felt great. If it doesn’t show marked improvement over the weekend, I will get it checked out by a doctor during the week.
As of right now, my plan is still to run in Quebec City. I will run as much as I can until the pain takes over and causes me to stop, but again, it’s more soreness than outright pain, so maybe I’ll make it all 26.2 miles.
I also have two weeks to get it healed, so my hope is I strained or sprained something, like a ligament, and rest will do it well. We shall see. It would be a shame to spend four months training and not get a chance to race.
As of now, my training is on hold. Check back Monday for another update on the health of my right leg.

Comments
The time off will be ok. You have trained "very" hard and your body is telling you to rest.You have the moxie to do the race, its there , i have no doubt.RELAX!!!!!! remember "anticipate with joy!!!"
Posted by: rudy | August 13, 2006 8:16 AM
It is simply another challenge placed before you that you must overcome. I too am facing a bit of a hurdle and must get over it as well. One thing I have learned is to make sure are healed before trying it again. Take a bit of time off and then go for it again. Hang in there. Pain is just plain terrible!!! Ted
Posted by: Ted Bloom | August 14, 2006 5:01 PM