Somehow, The Marathon Returned - comments welcome!

[nancipants]

Training is still light, but I was able to do my 6x800 workout today (speed work for the Donna half marathon Feb 1, assuming I’ll be ok to race). I used the KT tape Santa left in my stocking and it helped my knee feel relatively normal. It still felt sore as time went on but it didn’t make me want to stop, so I’ll take that as a win.

(Yes, I know I should see a PT, but my health insurance is changing at the beginning of the year and I don’t feel like trying to find one until that happens. Yay corporate America.)

I have easy runs during the week next week, and another speedwork session on Sunday (which I reserve the right to skip if my knee gets worse), but I’m hoping taping and stretching will help. All my other running niggles have gone away on their own, so crossing fingers.

 

[nancipants]

Well, the hay is in the barn, so to speak. My easy runs were okay - my knee is definitely still not "fine," but it's more sore than a sharp pain, so I'm still able to run. (I'm planning to research PTs after the marathon, so don't yell at me.) I didn't do speedwork yesterday because I didn't want to aggravate my knee, so I did a Mind of the Marathoner workout instead and was mostly able to hit those paces. (Warmup and cooldown, with 1 mile a minute slower than MP, 1 mile at MP, and 1 mile a minute faster than MP. The fastest mile was only about 30 seconds faster than MP, but I was going uphill.) I'm hoping I can hit at least 13:30 pace during the marathon, but who knows with what the temperature will end up being. I might join a pace group, depending on what corral I'm in, but I probably won't stick with them since I'll want pictures and stuff.

I have a 30 minute run tomorrow that I'm planning to do nice and easy. Then just walking and keeping lose for MW. The 5k will be walked.

Hope to see a bunch of you there!