As a daily practice to help take the edge off, the NYT's Scientific 7 Minute Workout might not be a bad place to start. (I would recommend skipping or adapting the jumping jacks and high knees bits, but the rest will likely be fine.)
Pilates can be surprisingly intense & satisfying with the right teacher, and it would definitely be gentle on the feet - there's a big focus on building core strength that would be excellent cross-training for a runner even if she was in her usual frequency of practice right now.
I don't know if climbing stairs at a slow but steady pace would avoid exasperating the tendon issue, but you can definitely get your cardio up significantly if you just keep climbing up and down multiple stairs even if your actual pace is slow-ish.
Shame there isn't a nearby indoor pool - that really would be ideal for cardio with that kind of injury.
Um, that's all I can think of at the moment, but if you have a local equivalent of the YMCA or a climbing gym or the like, somewhere where there are trainers or coaches, might be worth stopping by to see what they recommend to their clients who have similar injuries as far as continuing do cardio without slowing the healing process.
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Pilates can be surprisingly intense & satisfying with the right teacher, and it would definitely be gentle on the feet - there's a big focus on building core strength that would be excellent cross-training for a runner even if she was in her usual frequency of practice right now.
I don't know if climbing stairs at a slow but steady pace would avoid exasperating the tendon issue, but you can definitely get your cardio up significantly if you just keep climbing up and down multiple stairs even if your actual pace is slow-ish.
Shame there isn't a nearby indoor pool - that really would be ideal for cardio with that kind of injury.
Um, that's all I can think of at the moment, but if you have a local equivalent of the YMCA or a climbing gym or the like, somewhere where there are trainers or coaches, might be worth stopping by to see what they recommend to their clients who have similar injuries as far as continuing do cardio without slowing the healing process.