How to avoid injury while chasing hard marathon goals?
Hi everyone, I (23F) ran my first marathon in 3:12 in December. (The half marathon split was 1:34 so I slowed down). I’m super proud of it and I trained hard. My highest mileage weeks I hit 65 miles, and I did 7 long runs in the 17-22 mile range over the course of the 5 months leading up to the race.
That said, I ended up with a hip injury soon after the marathon. I had been dealing with pain there for over a year but the race did me in. It took everything in me to keep that leg moving the last few miles of this marathon. My PT couldn’t determine whether it was tendinitis or “snapping hip.” I went to the PT for it from January-April, and it’s much better now, but I couldn’t start running again until March. I want to run the Boston Marathon next April. I need to climb back up to the mileage I was at and beyond if I want to achieve my goals (PR, maybe even closing in on 3 hrs).
What would y’all recommend that I do to keep up good volume and workouts without getting injured again? Thank you!