26 Or Bust!

Saturday’s run was cut short to only 10 miles instead of the prescribed 14. There was no sharp pain in my foot, but it did become a little sore as the run progressed. My gut reaction was to end the session with the rest of the team at 10 miles in hopes of not aggravating the tendonitis too much.

The most frustrating part was that other than my foot being sore, I was having a really good run. One of my teammates that I haven’t really met yet was also recovering from an injury and we found a pace that was perfect for both of us. We chatted our way around the park and the time went by quickly. I didn’t even mind the thought of running another five miles alone

Sunday found me at the gym on the bike for an hour and in the weight room for about 20 minutes. The upside was watching a pretty good Chris Cooper/Ryan Phillippe movie. The downside was, of course, that I wasn’t running.

Today, my foot has been a little sore making me leery of running much this week before Saturday’s group training session. I plan to hit the gym Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings, but plan on challenging bike workouts with minimal running. The time off my foot will, hopefully, help bring down any inflammation and have me in good shape to add on a few miles this weekend.

Feeling this injury start to resurface is certainly not what I hoped for and is disappointing. It very well may mean never catching up to the team in mileage and being unprepared for the marathon. My main goal now is to keep the tendonitis in check so that I can run most of the marathon and walk the rest without pain. I set out to complete this marathon and I still plan to, no matter how long it takes.