(Written 3rd March 2017)
It started so well, the week after I wrote my last blog
entry I was flying high, that weekend saw me NAIL an epic 10km – the Winter
10km run. I wasn’t even feeling my best
but Nike (which actually worked this time) recorded a 30 minute 5km and a 1.01
10km. I was so excited I felt like I was
naturally speeding up, and was feeling very excited about my upcoming half
which I knew I would be able to smash a PB.
Wohooo. Then later that week I
had the lovely experience of ‘I think
I’ll just go a few more miles’. It was a pretty, snowy, full moon night, and my
6 turned into 8 just because I felt like it.
I was flying high.
Part 2
Then tragedy struck.
A few days later I set out to run my first 10 miles, and the little bit of pain I had been
feeling in my leg stabbed at me hard, and my ten miler ended in less than a
mile. I had been feeling a bit pained
the preceding week but it felt like I hadn’t stretched properly after a run, so
I carried on running and focused on my stretching. But that morning it was more of a stabbing
pain. I took too weeks off, waiting for
it go away. L watching my hard created Marathon training
plan whittle away too.
After two weeks it was a little better, and I made it out
for a run. It’s a long story but
basically the pain is epic first thing in the morning or if I’m resting my leg
for two long. When I realised running
didn’t make it worse (the pain actually goes when I run) I decided to push
through with the running. Half marathon
in 2.5 weeks and if I didn’t/don’t go that then I think I can kiss the marathon
goodbye. The doctor has prescribed some
hard stretching before bed and when I get up and I’ve been focusing more on
warm ups prior to my run. I’m a little disappointed as I can run
(hoorah) but I’ve lost a few weeks training, and I’ve slowed down to compensate
the discomfort when I start out running.
So my marathon training has therefore taken on a life of its
own, my beautiful spreadsheet is out and ‘winging it’ is in, I have a vague
plan in my head and I’ll build up the
milage week by week and play it by ear, which to be fair is pretty much how
I’ve trained for other long runs (or rather runs that seemed long to me at the
time, 10km, half). Fingers crossed I’ll
still manage a better half marathon time, but without a few longer distances
behind me that will knock my confidence a bit.
