Question for distance runners.

workout_junkee
workout_junkee Posts: 473 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I am in the middle of marathon training. I am 15 weeks out now. I am scheduled to run a 16 miler Saturday. Unfortunately I am sidelined with a calf strain. Do I completely rest ior cross train (bike, ect) to replace the run?

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  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    If you're injured, rest and cross train if possible. Ain't nobody running 26.2 miles with a bad calf.
  • acbraswell
    acbraswell Posts: 238 Member
    _Waffle_ wrote: »
    If you're injured, rest and cross train if possible. Ain't nobody running 26.2 miles with a bad calf.

    This is the truth! Speaking from experience.
  • workout_junkee
    workout_junkee Posts: 473 Member
    Thanks. My thought is 3-4 days off and then go for a short run to see how it goes.
  • socalrunner59
    socalrunner59 Posts: 149 Member
    Definitely rest it. Last time I ran on an injury, I ended up tearing my IT Band and was out for 3 months.
  • pebble4321
    pebble4321 Posts: 1,132 Member
    Rest. Definitely. I had a niggling calf for a few weeks, rested up last week then fell apart in the first few hundred metres of a 12k race last weekend. I made it to the end (long after everyone else as I walked most of it) but have ended up with a tear in the calf muscle/tendon and will be missing my schedules races for the next few weeks :(
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