30 minutes easy on the treadmill. So, my hopes that I don't have a stress fracture are higher now than last week. I didn't feel any pain on the easy run this morning and so far I haven't afterward either. Whereas last week I felt it with every step running or even just walking around.
I've had three stress fractures in the past and this felt exactly like those. I could feel it at night, which is a telltale sign of a stress fracture and it felt like bone, not muscle pain. But, the pain doesn't go away with stress fractures after laying off for three days either. It's definitely is not shin splints, I've had those and this is totally different.
So, I still don't know what it was/is but it may have to do with the fall I took last Wednesday on my run (although I still won't completely rule out a fracture). I still have a huge bruise on my left hip from that fall. The way I fell doesn't really line up with where I'm feeling pain: I fell on my left side/hip and it's the bone on my back right calf that hurts. But, to have it show up the day after this fall may not be a coincidence either. Who knows. The important thing is I didn't feel pain today and hopefully I will be able to say the same thing tomorrow. |