Tag: injury

Feelin’ good

I’m pleased to report that I had another nearly pain-free run tonight! I ran 4 miles, and my foot was only a little sore. Unfortunately, my hip started to hurt. I think it’s all of this overcompensating that’s been going on. Oh well. I have PT tomorrow, bright and early–7:30 a.m. It’s worth it, though, if I can run the half with minimal pain. We’ll see about that.

Oh, and I’m incredibly glad it’s Friday tomorrow! It’s been a long week. This weekend’s looking great. We’re heading to visit family a couple towns over for the weekend. Nothing like relaxing for the weekend–after an 8-mile run on Saturday. We’ll see how that goes/if I can do it without hurting so much.

Why, yes. Running *is* interesting.

Next week’s looking crazy. I have press deadlines (I’m an editor for a publishing company) and a TON of work left to do to meet them! Such is life, I guess.

Hope everyone has a great Friday!

FFR

My foot didn’t fall off!

. . . which is always a good feeling. I was able to run 5k today with only minimal pain! It’s really exciting! The PT started ASTYM on my plantar fascia  (the connective tissue on the sole of the foot) yesterday, and I think it’s working. And since it’s working so well, I’m thinking that I’ve just had a bad bout of plantar fasciitis. Not fun. But I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to finish my half marathon that’s in 24 days. No big deal, albeit slightly terrifying. I don’t have any goals other than to finish. I’ll do better in the half I’ll run after this one. I’m already planning on it. Now the question is: which half should I run next?

Anyway, I took a picture that I was going to post, but I didn’t have my memory card in my camera. Fail. I’ll show you my new bright neon yellow running top some other time. It’s super obnoxious, but at least I won’t get hit by cars.

FFR

Do you have any particularly bright running clothes?

Weekly Recap

Total mileage: 9 (pretty pathetic, eh?)

This week’s runs were okay. I ran 3 miles on Tuesday and 6 on Saturday. Tuesday’s run was decent until about mile 2, when my foot started aching . . . really aching. So I hobbled through the last mile or so and called it quits. Sigh.

Then I was going to run on Thursday, but I had a migraine. Not fun.

And yesterday’s 6-miler was pretty good. I ran the first 2.5 with The Husband (to his turnaround point) and continued for another half mile before I turned around. I slowed down considerably after TH left. My foot hurt a bit, but it was a lot better after I slowed down. I took some Sport Beans at mile 3, which gave me some energy. The fruit punch flavor is pretty good. I’ll see how they are for longer runs–if I ever run long anytime soon.

Anyway, unless something miraculous happens, I’ll be taking the (really) slow and steady route for my half marathon in 27 days! A bit scared about that. If I don’t see any improvement, though, I might downgrade to the 5k, but we’ll see.

 

What’s your favorite fuel for long runs?

Have you ever felt extremely undertrained for a race? What did you do on race day?