Marathon training during the summer

[paxsarah]

On a slightly amusing note, I've never ever fallen while running before, which is kind of surprising considering how clumsy I can be sometimes. I've kind of tripped a couple times, but never actually kissed the road. Today I managed to wipe out not once, but twice! The first time was right after I started, and there was a bump in the sidewalk that I tripped over. The second time was about 15 miles in, and I really don't know how I manage to fall that time. I have some nice battle wounds from my first 20 miler.

Congrats on getting your 20 miler in! I had a pretty spectacular fall this morning in the middle of a 5K, due to an unexpected rock in the middle of the road. I figured my cred went way up after that, finishing the race with blood dripping down my leg.

 

[stitchfan18]

Congrats on getting your 20 miler in! I had a pretty spectacular fall this morning in the middle of a 5K, due to an unexpected rock in the middle of the road. I figured my cred went way up after that, finishing the race with blood dripping down my leg.

Oh definitely, running with bloody knees made me feel pretty hardcore. The poor lady I fell in front of the second time was so concerned and wanted to go get me help. She kept apologizing to me for not being better prepared to help me. I just squirted my knees and hands with some water from my bottle to get all the dirt out of the wound and kept running.

So this morning I figured I would be sore since I was pretty sore after both my 16 and 20 milers, but much to my surprise there was no soreness when I got up this morning! One of my knees is a little stiff where there is a small bruise from my falls, but other than that I feel great! I'll have to run Goofy at the same pace as yesterday to feel fresh for the full on Sunday after the half.