Sept 3 – Sept 9
Total Mileage – 25.5
Not a great way to start the week. Remember the mini-van that I talked about last week? Well, it may have just led to one of the dumbest injuries ever. I was parked on an incline and was standing outside the driver door. I left my wallet in the car and went to reach back across the driver’s seat into the passenger’s seat and the door attempted to close. Unfortunately my foot was in the way and the door slammed right above the inside of my right ankle. I have a hard enough time staying injury free week to week from just running, I don’t need any outside influences trying to bring me down. I’m pretty bruised up and it hurts to run for the first half mile or so, but once I get past that I am good to go.
Due to the Sacramento heat and the general time constraints of life, I have been doing a lot of my training the past few weeks on a treadmill. Last weeks 7 mile run was the first in a long time on the street and boy was I sore Monday morning. I ventured out yesterday for what was supposed to be a 12 mile run. I was really planning with sticking with that, but then the unthinkable happened. I got lost in a neighborhood that I have run through a million times (ok so maybe 25 times, but a million sounds better). I was going to run through Del Webb and cut through a pass-way that leads out to the trail. I don’t know what happened, but I could not find it. I ran through that section of the neighborhood twice figuring that I must not have been paying attention. Still could not find it. I knew where I was so it was not a big deal, but I could feel anxiety building up. I ended up running back out of the neighborhood and catching the trail a little further up. I passed the pass-way that I was looking for from the trail side, so I know that it still exists. By the time I got back towards the house I was at 12.7 miles, so naturally you may as well run the extra half mile. I came in a few minutes short of my last half and I’m hoping that adrenaline will take those minutes off my time this coming Sunday.
There is no real reason for any anxiety but I am starting to get stressed that I will be slower than my last half (incidentally my first half) and that was an off road trail. I am still grappling with the 26.2 distance for the December race as well. I cannot imagine running another 13.1 miles after the first 13.1 miles that I ran yesterday.
Running is supposed to be a stress reliever right? I know that by Saturday I’ll be feeling ok and will be ready to go. I am traveling to Portland tomorrow and Wednesday (looking to get a run in just to say that my training has now been in multiple states). Time to focus on breathing, getting a few extra carbs (hello pasta), and making sure that I am almost to the point of being over hydrated before the weekend. See you at the finish line…
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