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Achilles Tendonitis and Shoe Type

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Jun 24, 2009
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by: Dominique

Hi Peter,
Happy to be of help.

A marathon is a tough, tough distance. It probably took everything out of you and next time I would advise to just take 2-3 weeks off after the marathon. You can do some cross-training etc, but give the legs a break after a long tough training period and race.

Hard to say what the typical period is, depends a lot on severity and what you do about it. If you catch it early as you have, then you can be injury-free within just a few weeks. If you do not let stuff like this heal then you can really give yourself grief for months and months as it can develop in sort of a chronic condition.

Best of luck with the training!
Cheers,
Dominique (the guy who spends too much time on this site and not enough on running himself!)

Jun 22, 2009
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by: peter sandler

Thanks Dominique,

I don't quite know what caused it. I have been an athlete and runner for several years although this was my first full marathon.

I took a week off of running after the marathon (and had no pain at all that week) and decided to go on a light run the following Sunday when I started to feel pain around mile 4 and the more incline I used (treadmill) the worst it felt. I simply quit but then could not walk for a few days.

Today is my first day of really training for the Hartford Marathon and just to be cautious I will probably not do any hill or speed workouts for a few more weeks.

Is there a typical time frame for this to completely heal?

Thanks,
Peter

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