I'm finally starting to feel 'whole' again! Yes, three months after the marathon, I'm still feeling the effects of it. How screwed up is that? Or more to the point, how screwed up is it that I still want to do another one this fall?
It's been my achilles tendon that has been nagging me the worst. I just hadn't been able to shake it up until now. I highly recommend a sports massage - that's what finally seemed to do the trick. Robin at Georgia Sports Massage (http://www.georgiasportsmassage.com) not only got things to loosen up, he also gave me some great stretches that have really helped - much more so than the standard ones I had been doing.
It's such a relief to run and not be concentrating on when/whether the pain is coming back! Well, I'll probably be thinking about whether it is coming back for a while yet, but hopefully HOPEFULLY I will be pleasantly surprised each time.
I had various plans about how this year would start off in terms of race prep, and none have panned out. First thought was a spring marathon which died on the vine shortly after my fall one finished. There's something about intense pain that makes you rethink things... I was also considering the ING half, but I don't want to run it unless I can significantly better my time from last year. With the huge decrease in training I've had because of the injuries, that's just not going to happen.
Continuing to drop down the spectrum, I wanted to run a Peachtree qualifier 10k at a good enough pace to move me up in the pack a little bit in July. That's certainly still in the cards but I need to keep an eye on the deadline for those. Running the Peachtree is still definitely something I want to do this year, particularly since it was originally my ultimate goal when I started running...This one's for you dad!
But for now, I'm going with the least common denominator and training for a 5k in March. It's a minor little race but it's through my daughter's school so that's a really big incentive to run it well. There's nothing like knowing my family is at the finish line to give me some extra energy! We'll see how it goes, but hopefully I can start putting full effort into my training again.
Here's to injury-free running!
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