Any other 2013 WDW Marathoners currently injured/sidelined?

[stargazertechie]

Figured I'd see if anyone else is in the same boat with me.

I decided at the beginning of August that the 2013 Marathon would be a great comeback race, but I held off on registering. I'd been suffering severe foot pain for the past several months, and the few runs I had attempted this summer were cut short due to pain.

Saw a podiatrist last week, diagnosed with PF. He did give me the green light to train and compete knowing the time frame and my current (not so awesome) fitness level, but encouraged me to put in as many miles as possible on an elliptical or with an aqua-jogging belt in the pool. I've got night splints and my orthotics will be here in the next 10 days or so!

I know nothing is a substitute for running, so I'm currently doing 2-a-days with low-impact alternatives (rowing, elliptical, and swimming) with the plan to get back out on the roads and track in early November.

Is anyone else in the sidelined-but-not-giving-up camp? I'd love some moral support.

 

[jmasgat]

Yup...stress fracture of 2nd metatarsal, right foot. I was training to run NYC marathon, but that is now obviously out. So my goal is to heal and do whatever is sanely, safely necessary to complete Goofy.

I have 6 weeks, at least, of no running. I am going to siwm, bike and aqua jog--whatever causes "no pain" (which means NO discomfort, even, according to my doc)

Funny thing is, I am not worried about it. Go figure. Maybe because I already knew that Goofy would not be a "PR" experience. My goal is to find a way to run slowly to finish and enjoy it. And believe me, running slowly is not my MO.

Maura

 

[BigEeyore]

Nothing as bad as what you all are dealing with, but I started having some tendonitis in my knee a few weeks ago that is still bothering me. I have had to cut back a lot (I have only run once in the last 3 weeks), but keeping up my fitness with swimming and biking.
My motto is it is better to get to the starting line healthy but undertrained, than having followed a training plan exactly but suffering from overuse injuries.
We can do this!

 

[regul8ter18]

Well I'm joining the group. I took a pretty bad fall in my softball game last night and besides a nice 4 inch burn my knee decided to swell up in the middle of the night. The sad part it was a fall and not me trying to do something that would help the team out.

I know it is my MCL cause I hurt in 2004 and that is a pain you don't forget. I just don't know how bad it is yet. I'm hoping it's not that bad and to only be out a week or two.

It is going to take me about a week to fully recover anyways I have been discovering more bruises popping up all day.