Monday, October 14, 2013

Half-Marathon This Weekend (...maybe)

After my last post (On Not Giving Up), I had a week or so where I felt great!  I was able to walk or run every day and was feeling hopeful for the Mankato Marathon Half.

I registered for this race waaay back in January when they had a discount.  I was POSITIVE I would be back in running shape well before now.  A couple weekends ago when I was feeling good, I pulled out a 6-mile run/walk without too much difficulty.  My legs recovered quickly (LOVE my compression gear, and give it all the credit for this!)  Based on that, I figured I could do one more long run/walk between then and the race, fill in with some short runs and walks, and be fine.  Certainly not my best, but I'd be able to put in the miles.  I really don't want to give up on this race.

Then last week, my symptoms started flaring again.  Friday, I could hardly move and everything hurt.  A back-to-my-new-reality kick in the pants.  If I feel like I did Friday, there is no way I will be able to run.

The Mankato Marathon Half is in 6 days.  I am still planning to run/walk IF I feel good.  If I don't feel that great, I have a friend that is walking the race, I will drop back and walk with her.  If I feel REALLY BAD, well, I'll have a decision to make and the rational me knows that the best decision in that situation would be to not do the event at all.

There will be a lot of finger-crossing between now and Sunday... I just want to run!!!

4 comments:

  1. Good luck! Hope you're able to run.

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    1. Thanks, Kathy! I was able to run and it actually went pretty well!

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    1. Better than expected, thanks! I've been procrastinating on the race report... hope to get it finished soon!

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