Leg still kinda hurting but I wanted to walk, so I did. I've been keeping up kinda by biking and the elliptical. I took three days off in hopes that I could walk the marathon tomorrow, but that dreamed died when I realized I wanted to run a month from now, and not three months :)
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From Calvin on Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:51:29 from 66.133.117.3
good luck with your recovery, i hope it goes quickly for you. i had a marathon of my own killed off by a sciatic nerve injury in Oct. '08
my case was somewhat acute as i could hardly walk for a few weeks during the worst part of it. following that first period the pain and symptoms eased up over the next few months, (throughout that phase i continued to run regularly but not at the speed and volume that i had previously)
all told it took me nearly 10 months to get back to running at near 100%. (i was able to redeem myself with a marathon PR at the 1 year mark.)
My sciatic pains have never completely gone away, i still have minor symptoms on a regular basis with it feeling worst when i first get out of bed in the morning, but then subsiding as i get moving around.
i've modified my running routine by taking more time to stretch before hand and spending more time to warm up. (i.e. starting slow and easing in to faster paces) by doing this i typically do not feel the symptoms during my running.
i hope your case is less severe. hang in there!
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