I developed a pretty severe pain after a hard long run on Saturday. I rode 85 miles Sunday with no pain and took Monday completely off. I ran 5 easy miles yesterday afternoon and at about 1 mile it, the pain came back. I tightened up my shoes (altra escalante; I generally run in very loose shoes) and finished the run with only minor pain. I woke up this morning and could barely walk without shoes. I'm thinking it could be a stress fracture, but I'm hoping it's something that requires less off-time. I have a race in December, so hopefully I'll be good by then, but I've been really progressing for the past month so this kind of hurts.

Should I go see a specialist? Or should I just not run for a week and double up on my swim/bike/strength work? If a specialist, anyone have a suggestion for one in Denver/Boulder?

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