Saturday, September 24, 2011

22 Mile Long Run

It's three weeks out from the Nike Women's Marathon.  I'm "on schedule" with my modified training program, and my foot is holding up like a dream.  My left shoulder, however, is acting up, and hurts at really random times doing really random things.  Not necessarily a clear case of rotator cuff tear, but really the last thing I needed in training.  The doctor recommended 600 MG of ibuprofen, but I'm unsure about taking that much medication before a long run. 

I'm in the "training zone" Not super excited or super concerned about finishing.  From my longer runs, without major implosions, I should be able to finish ahead of the NWM cutoff pace, even factoring in a 30 minute delay to start.  It really is more than I could have hoped for at this point, so I'm glad.

I do miss running in my vibrams.  My IT band has needed more TLC since I'm running in full on running shoes, but I'm keeping the barefoot form as best as I can even when wearing the big clunkers... though the New Balance/Vibram cross over shoes do look sexy... I might look into getting one of those for after the NWM to train for the Tinkerbell Half Marathon :3

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