Folks,

Did a MRI yesterday and the inside part of my left tibia (medullary) is inflamed. I was suspecting it was only a shin split. Actually I don´t have an overall pain, just a few when I start running. That being said, I was told that I can't run for something like a month, but I'm able to bike and swim normally.

Problem is: I have a 70.3 lined up at my home town in 5 weeks (can´t cancel my registration anymore). I'm in the best shape of my life (lol, looks like NFL preseason news), just PR'd the bike and run of an Oly last sunday. My goal time would probably be something like 2:20 for the bike and 1:36-1:38 for the run.

I will try my best to stay in shape biking and swiming a lot until there. I'll repeat the MRI a week before the race to see if I'm medically free to run.

Questions:

1) what can I expect regarding running fitness loss?
2) what can I do biking/swiming to minimize that?

For context: i train with a local group, and my "normal" week schedulle is:
mon: easy swim
tue: brick session 60-80' bike + 30-40' run(hard bike, hard intervals run)
wed: 60'+ easy run/swim
thur: brick session 60-80' bike + 30-40' run (hard, but easier then tue)
fri: swim
sat: long run or some bike/run work
sun: long ride

I will swim everyday and can increase my bike time during weak days, but don't know what else to do.

Here are the images, if someone is curious (or a doc who can help): https://photos.app.goo.gl/be7GazP54zeKXRbs7

Thank you very much
Aprecciate your help