Subject: running w/injury question Last Sept I started having consistent pain in the back of my leg and occasional pain in my low back. It took a while for me to make the connection between the two, I thought hamstring injury and iced iced iced...then didn't run from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Been to a Dr. and physical therapist, the general consensus is that it's sacroiliac joint dysfunction. The PT sez just stop running when it starts to hurt. That could be anywhere from1 to 45 minutes, it changes day by day. I'm not giving up on the 1/2 IM I have scheduled in July! Right now I'm just doing whatever running I can do and doing base work on the spin bike (BORING) and in the pool. When I can't take the bike anymore I hop on the elliptical trainer. I figure by keeping my cardiovascular endurance up getting back to longer runs shouldn't take TOO awfully long. Anyone have any other suggestions? My goal is a 5:50 1/2, which based on last years 1/2 should be doable IF I can train around this. |