Four days of running this week. 4 miles, 5 miles, 4 miles, 7 miles. They all were a lot harder than they used to be. My cardio and endurance are not what they should be.
And after the 7 miler yesterday, I’m feeling… something in my leg. It’s not in the same spot as the tibia stress fracture. It’s the other side — the fibula side. Is this ANOTHER stress fracture? An overcompensation for what remains (or is still a stress fracture) on the tibia side?
My sports orthopedist was an unhelpful doctor who essentially told me to figure it out and was all-in on AI and chatGPT to solve problems. I don’t think going back to him is the right call.
This morning I consulted the Large Language Model, a robotic synthesis of supposed “expert” but no doubt skewed “expertise.” It was surprisingly accurate from a “CYA,” don’t get sued perspective. Basically it could or could not be something to be worried about. I should take a 2-4 days off and cross train but if I’m worried about it I should see a sports medicine doctor.
Not sure what this does to my plan to get back into marathon shape by Mid-May. Sounding like even the robots are telling me this is a fool’s errand.
Freakin’ robots.
I know I just want to hear what I want to hear… and that is a bad place to start from when you’re trying to get better. But I also am not sure I can handle going back to zero again.
This is not the plan. Not by a long shot. And that’s no fibula.