my plan is to be wearing tape 24/7 from now through the marathon and keeping my fingers crossed.
Boma and Dole Whips
Me!!
It has been 11 months since my break in my left foot and I still have aches in that foot. I have been told that it is normal and may take years to completely disappear - if it ever does. The things that we runners are willing to endure.
I knew I liked you.
Just want to make sure - are you talking about the California races or the Florida races? Since you are asking in a Florida race thread.
I hit like, but since I haven't been to Boma, I'm really just responding to the Dole Whips--I had one and didn't really like it. Tried another at the insistence of a pal who swore I must have gotten a bad one. Nope, I just don't like 'em!
Got a solid first week, felt great and then our cat Stitch got sick. Thought we had a diagnosis, he was on the upswing so we could feel comfortable running inside on our treadmill again without stressing him out (too dark to run outside before work) and then our a/c broke during a heat wave. 85 in the house for 3 days before we could get it fixed and downhill he went. Flash forward 3 weeks, a weekend of syringe feeding, a biopsy and waiting a week for results, we finally have a confirmed diagnosis and he's in the right treatment. We have slowly started training again, but both of us are suffering from knee or ankle or big toe or achilles issues. Fully back in to training tomorrow (which was a date 2 weeks ago we decided we needed to be back at it or consider cancelling the marathon out of fear it would be too much too soon) and I'm hoping our ailments will pass and our little boy will continue getting better! You are not alone at all!Has anyone else's training been less than ideal so far? I was doing okay following the Galloway plan, but had a series of misfortune (knee pain and then some random painful swelling in my toe that I still haven't resolved) and I haven't run in the past three weeks. I have a half marathon coming up next weekend that I'm pretty nervous about. I know I can do it, but I feel like it's going to be torture since I haven't run in so long. I'm so nervous that I'm not going to have enough time to get back on track and train anywhere near adequately for the marathon. Looking for your reassuring experiences!
I had kinda the same experience going into my September races - hadn't done nearly enough training over the summer (wayyyy too hot/humid outside, and hate the dadgum treadmill in the basement) - but ended up PRing both races, albeit in perfect conditions. You'll do fine, based on your previous training commitment. And January is still 13 weeks out so you'll do fine there too...Has anyone else's training been less than ideal so far? I was doing okay following the Galloway plan, but had a series of misfortune (knee pain and then some random painful swelling in my toe that I still haven't resolved) and I haven't run in the past three weeks. I have a half marathon coming up next weekend that I'm pretty nervous about. I know I can do it, but I feel like it's going to be torture since I haven't run in so long. I'm so nervous that I'm not going to have enough time to get back on track and train anywhere near adequately for the marathon. Looking for your reassuring experiences!
