Random Running Questions

My most successful ever year of running, I ran every day for 365 days straight (and the years before it were a handful of days off per year)

If you have an injury, you should get it checked, preferably by a physio that focuses on running. It might need time off. It also could be due to a weakness in your form, and you actually need to do more work on strengthening that area, not reducing load on it further.

I am in a similar boat with respect to tightness, and the conclusion I've come to is the root of my problems is a lack of strength. I managed to finish the Dublin marathon this year but it was a real struggle - my plan now is to focus much more on strength for a few months, while still doing a few easy runs a week, and then start back into the more productive running training (speed sessions etc) in Spring, and build slowly towards Dublin 2026, when I hope to be able to run the whole thing. We'll see.