Looking for advice regarding injuries and moving forward.
Completed roughly 12 weeks of Capacity using the more running template for conditioning and Fighter (MS using BSQ, BP, WPU). There were some random unintended breaks in the flow due to work, family, travel, and sickness.
Overall feel much stronger, my bodyweight didn’t change significantly, but my posture and overall general strength feels better. This was the positive. Haven’t tested new max’s yet.
The conditioning did not follow suit. At about 5-6 weeks in, when I started to slightly increase my weekly mileage, I started having some pain in my shins. Thought to myself, “shin splints fuck, take a week or two off”; this wasn’t the case. Took 2 weeks off, tried to get a slow run once or twice during that period, couldn’t barely walk from so much pain. By the end of the block my pace was slower than when I started, couldn’t meet the 60 min benchmark, my zone 2 was in the 160’s, and only walking or rucking seemed to not cause pain.
Got seen by my doc, turns out I have significant stress fractures in both tibia from years ago and similar onset. I know this means no running for a while. Already scheduled for physical therapy.
My question is… How can I keep the tank increasing without running? I know the rule, if it doesn’t hurt, then it’s probably OK. I enjoy rucking, but I worry that it will do more harm down the road. I have the ability to swim, bike, and most other modalities, but swimming and rucking are the only ones that scratch the itch.
Asking the hive mind for input on stretching, strength, and overall injury prevention going forward.