I'm happiest that my foot and the prior knee pain (much worse than the overuse ache I suffered right after the race) did not get worse. I think at one point in the race it hurt about 2 seconds, but overall I kept my form well, did not push too hard, and both parts stood up to the punishment. On the cardiovascular front, I was quite under trained, and felt it from about mile 10. The walk breaks really helped a lot. My foot was a bit sore after I woke up from a nap later that afternoon, but it was kind of in a different spot and it cleared up in less than a day.
After the race, I took a couple days to recover, and four days later did a light 8 miles around my new neighborhood. Two days after that I woke up at 4:30AM on a Saturday for a nice 15 or 16 mile run (turned out to be a 16 mile run.) My gymboss clip broke (so I tucked it in my sports bra, which ended up killing it with humidity), the beach opened later than I thought, and it rained AND hailed on me, but my foot felt a lot better, and no pain afterwards. I'm really starting to think I can do this marathon. Granted, the training won't really be the same, and I won't have time to taper. Due to my lost weeks of training, I'm literally training up to the marathon mileage as a "training run" portion of a normal marathon training program! Next weekend will be 18-19 miles long run, the following week will be 19-21 miles long run, then 22-24 mile long run the weekend before the race... since I bombed so badly in my first marathon, I might not be that far off my marathon PR! Which is exciting since I'll need it to beat the 14 minute (minus losing a minute a mile from the delay in the start) pace at NWM!
Getting really excited about the race now :3
Bib from the Half Marathon!
Finisher medal :3
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