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Hi,

Can anybody help or advise please?

I'm running Edinburgh on 26th May but have woken up with pain in my lower trapezius muscle, just below my right shoulder blade. I can feel pain when I twist my body either way. I was due to run 22 miles today but decided not to as I don't want to aggrevate the injury. I have ran 18 miles so far this week including a 12 miler on Wednesday, a 3 mile fartlek run and 3 mile hill run. My last 3 long runs have been 18, 20 and 21 miles respectively and I felt comfortable on each.

I just need to know what I should do in terms of training. Do I rest until the injury has gone or should I try and run it off? The injury itself doesn't affect my running its just the impact afterwards that I'm concerned about. I was planning on doing another 20 mile run next weekend before starting to taper off.

Any advice please?

Hi,

Can anybody help or advise please?

I'm running Edinburgh on 26th May but have woken up with pain in my lower trapezius muscle, just below my right shoulder blade. I can feel pain when I twist my body either way. I was due to run 22 miles today but decided not to as I don't want to aggrevate the injury. I have ran 18 miles so far this week including a 12 miler on Wednesday, a 3 mile fartlek run and 3 mile hill run. My last 3 long runs have been 18, 20 and 21 miles respectively and I felt comfortable on each.

I just need to know what I should do in terms of training. Do I rest until the injury has gone or should I try and run it off? The injury itself doesn't affect my running its just the impact afterwards that I'm concerned about. I was planning on doing another 20 mile run next weekend before starting to taper off.

Any advice please?

Thanks Jason, much appreciated. Hopefully I've got enough miles in the bank to ensure fitness loss is very minimal if I miss a few days.

Hi,

I'm currently training for the Liverpool Marathon in October. I'm in week 7 of a 16 week intermediate training programme.

On a 3 mile run on Tuesday, I rolled over my ankle and have strained either a muscle or ligament on the side of my leg just above my ankle. Its not painful to touch but is causing discomfort when I walk. I've rested it now for 3 days but its not got any better, although it hasn't got worse which is good. I've also iced, heated and stretched the muscle and also taken some voltarol to ease any inflammation.

What I need to know is should I try running on it now or rest more? I was due to run a total of 37 miles this week with a long run of 17 miles on Sunday. My training has been great so far and I ran 35 last week with a long run of 16.5 miles.

I don't want to miss too much training as my goal this year is to run it in 3:45 as I did 3:56 last year.

Also, any advice on how I should pick up training once my injury is healed? For example, if I was to miss the rest of this week and pick up again from week 8, should I do that week as planned or do more/less?

Any tips are greatly appreciated!!!!

Hi,

I currently training for the Liverpool Marathon in October. I'm in week 7 of a 16 week intermediate training programme.

On a 3 mile run on Tuesday, I rolled over my ankle and have strained either a muscle or ligament on the side of my leg just above my ankle. Its not painful to touch but is causing discomfort when I walk. I've rested it now for 3 days but its not got any better, although it hasn't got worse which is good. I've also iced, heated and stretched the muscle and also taken some voltarol to ease any inflammation.

What I need to know is should I try running on it now or rest more? I was due to run a total of 37 miles this week with a long run of 17 miles on Sunday. My training has been great so far and I ran 35 last week with a long run of 16.5 miles.

I don't want to miss too much training as my goal this year is to run it in 3:45 as I did 3:56 last year.

Also, any advice on how I should pick up training once my injury is healed? For example, if I was to miss the rest of this week and pick up again from week 8, should I do that week as planned or do more/less?

Any tips are greatly appreciated!!!!