Oh, man, that sucks! I so feel for you. That 3:30 was so going down. I'm bummed this happened to you.
Do you have access to a pool for water running? I ended up with tendinitis after Chicago and couldn't run for 6 weeks. I did Pfitzinger's water running program, and it kicked my butt. I approached it pretty aggressively, since I was bouncing off the walls, and I may have even gained fitness. It took me all December to get my land running legs back, but then in January I set a 10K PR.
As for the MRI...for me, the doc initially thought navicular stress fracture because the tendinitis was insertional at that bone, but the MRI showed no stress fracture. I was very glad that I opted for a definitive test, since navicular sfx often take forever to heal. I think not knowing for sure would drive me crazy. Did the doc mention a bone scan? I believe the scan is much cheaper, but still diagnostic.
Sorry to blather on; I don't know if any of this info is useful. Anyway, I'm rooting for a fast recovery and return to racing for you!
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Do you have access to a pool for water running? I ended up with tendinitis after Chicago and couldn't run for 6 weeks. I did Pfitzinger's water running program, and it kicked my butt. I approached it pretty aggressively, since I was bouncing off the walls, and I may have even gained fitness. It took me all December to get my land running legs back, but then in January I set a 10K PR.
As for the MRI...for me, the doc initially thought navicular stress fracture because the tendinitis was insertional at that bone, but the MRI showed no stress fracture. I was very glad that I opted for a definitive test, since navicular sfx often take forever to heal. I think not knowing for sure would drive me crazy. Did the doc mention a bone scan? I believe the scan is much cheaper, but still diagnostic.
Sorry to blather on; I don't know if any of this info is useful. Anyway, I'm rooting for a fast recovery and return to racing for you!