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Painkillers for this weekends marathon ?

  • 04-04-2008 10:12am
    #1
    brianon
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    Guys,

    Have one really annoying *new* injury that has just appeared this week out of nowhere ! Have a pain in my right butt cheek :o (and it runs down my hamstring about 6 inches but only sometimes feel the pain there).

    Now I've not run this week at all. Plan to 'test' it tonight but I reckon it will be ok as walking around it seems fine. Its only when I extend it.

    Anyway, I don't really care what it is as its too late to turn back now from the Connemara full. So painkillers ? :D Which should I take, when, and can I take them during the marathon or would the empty stomach cause havoc ?

    Neurofen ?


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  • #2
    --amadeus--
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,096 ✭✭✭--amadeus--


    That's a really tough one.

    The official line is that you should never take painkillers before a race. There are lots of excellent reasons for this. First and most obvious pain is your body telling you you have a problem. By masking that you can do a whole lot more damage (especially if it's muscular, as yours seems to be). This additional damage can be multiples of the original injury and no race is ever worth that much.

    There is also another risk associated with running and analgesics. I'd need to check my books but I think it's connected with blood pressure and heart attack risk.

    It's a personal call. If you can run on it today with no pain then I would probably go without. You can always carry them in case you need them and make a decision based on the risk if it starts to hurt. Personally I don't know if I would risk it.


  • #3
    Peckham
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    There's also the wise advice that you should never try something new on race day. So if you haven't run previously whilst on pain killers, it would be risky (even dangerous) to try this over 26.2 miles now. You just don't know how your body is going to react. In particular if this is your first marathon....

    If you run this, not only do you have the risk of causing greater injury, but you also have the risk of the marathon being an absolutely awful experience, and meaning that the past few months of training were in vain...as well as scaring you off future attempts.

    Whilst it would undoubtedly be disappointing I would suggest skipping this marathon and re-alligning your training to target another marathon in a few weeks time (maybe Belfast or Cork).

    Really sorry to hear this story, I picked up a twinge a few days before Dublin last year, and whilst some last minute physio sorted the problem, the thoughts of not running the race were very depressing.

    Let us know what you decide and how you get on.


  • #4
    brianon
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    Thanks for the responses guys. My plan is to take difene(?) today/tomorrow.

    I think I will bring nurofen plus with me and take during the marathon IF i feel i need them.

    Skipping the run is not an option. Now or never. (Unless I physically cannot run on the day of course).


  • #5
    hunnymonster
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    Difene can be quite hard on your stomach. I assume you've taken them before?


  • #6
    brianon
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    hunnymonster wrote: »
    Difene can be quite hard on your stomach. I assume you've taken them before?

    Cheers yeah. I won't take difene during the race. maybe 1 the morning of. 3/4 hours before the race.


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  • #7
    macinalli
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    Am also doing the Connemara full on Sunday. Had a problem running on Wednesday and ended up in the physio yesterday with a knot near the top of my calf where it meets the ITB muscle. Never heard of it before but am hoping that a combination of a massage and lots of stretching will see it right. Fingers crossed!


  • #8
    RunRickyRun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭RunRickyRun


    The illiotibial band problems most often result from running on one side of the grade for too long...running on both sides of the grade equally throughout the race will stretch both sides.


  • #9
    MisterDrak
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    Need a bit of advice on this one please. I have been running for about 4 years now and am now starting to taper for the DCM. Last week I did a 22m LSR, running easy enough I finished in 2:55m. Tuesday an intermediate 6mile, and Thursday 4*12 min intervals at under 7 min with a 5 min recovery. I put a lot into that session, covered 10m in about 70min.
    All day Friday and today I have a pretty bad pain in both knees. Its not muscle related as there is no stiffness there at all. I had expected that the pain would have reduced by today, but still the same. Im getting worried now. Anyone experience something like this? And if so how long did it persist?


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