Went to the sports MD finally (jogged 1 mile to get there, which only hurt a little bit, although I had a dull ache for an hour afterwards). Had an x-ray done, and apparently I have a stress reaction in my tibia. This sucks, but at least I caught it before it grew into a full fledged fracture. Right now, there's just a lot of bone remodeling in my leg, but there's not a crack - at least not to the extent that it would show up on an x-ray. The doctor's hypothesis was that the pounding at St George, coupled with the very minimal training I put in for it, really did a number on my right leg, which is already weaker than my left thanks to the long-term, but now very minor, hip issues. My gait is still not perfect, and my compensation for my hip probably put extra stress on the tibia. The good news is that I can still ski/hike/etc if I'm not being reckless and jumping off of stuff, and since my leg already feels substantially better now than it did a couple weeks ago, I can ease back into training pretty soon, especially if I stick to soft surfaces. In the past, I'd have been really bummed about this, but after losing a year and a half of productive running to mononucleosis from late 2009 to mid 2011, I'm better at having patience in these types of scenarios. I'll almost certainly still get to run a spring marathon, so I can't complain.
Also, I remember, humorously at this point, a conversation with Jake a year or two ago about how fat people are more likely to get bone injuries on steep downhill courses like St George, so I guess I must fall into that category. :)
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