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 Rating
achilles 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?
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