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[El Gordo]

I know P2P looms large, both on the horizon and in your mind, but it's seven weeks away. You'll lose nothing taking a whole week off, and you might give yourself a chance to heal properly. Unless you're made of different matter to the rest of us, your body will need it.

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In fact, you could take 2 weeks or even more off running without major consequences for a race 7 weeks away -- as long as you don't abandon all exercise and healthy eating. The classic recommendation for people in your position i.e. need to maintain cardiovascular fitness but reduce lower-body impact is to swim. Cycling, rowing and elliptical are also available though there is more calf use involved in those choices. But given that you haven't (yet) got a serious calf problem, you could probably get away with any of these, or even better, a combination.