i had another physical therapy treatment this morning and discussed the option to postpone the marathon with my therapist. we both agreed it would be in my best interest to switch to the spring season (eugene marathon). that will give me 3 months to rest my leg, do some strengthening exercises and try to correct the muscle imbalances.
i'm not going to lie, i'm not happy. to have trained all this time and not be able to cross the finish line with my team pretty much sucks. but, from all accounts, the eugene marathon is a cool event and (added bonus) at least one of my current teammates will be running the season with me. oh, and my funds for TNT transfer with me. so, all is not lost.
unfortunately, the weather today is cold and rainy, so i think that's just exacerbating my discouraged mood. i'm drowning my sorrows in a latte.
23 September 2010
21 September 2010
i hate quitting.
the portland marathon is 19 days away and i have 3 days to decide if i'm running it or not. if i don't run it, i can still transfer to another season (probably the summer season and do the eugene marathon on 5/1/11) and not lose too much of the money i fundraised.
but i hate quitting. the competitor in me wants to run (we're "thisclose" to the race and i've been training for 4 months!).
knee -- you're killing me here!!!
but i hate quitting. the competitor in me wants to run (we're "thisclose" to the race and i've been training for 4 months!).
knee -- you're killing me here!!!
20 September 2010
iliotibial what?
i kind of suck at blogs! i always get really excited about the prospect of keeping a blog, but then i suddenly realize that i haven't posted in two months, which kind of defeats the purpose of keeping a blog.
at any rate, the big news lately is that i have been battling with iliotibial band syndrome (according to wikipedia, one of the leading causes of lateral knee pain in runners). with the portland marathon less than 3 weeks away, i am getting less and less optimistic about actually accomplishing my marathon goal this year. which, i'm not going to lie, is a huge bummer considering i've now put 4 months of time into it (7 if you count the half marathon training from january to april). but when i can barely make it through the first 6 miles of a 20 mile run, i'm not so sure that 4 1/2 hours of running in excruciating pain sounds like fun.
so, i'm very, very, very cautiously optimistic that this thing will work itself out before 10/10/10. after all, it came on without warning, so perhaps it will go away without warning. in the meantime, i'm going to physical therapy and hoping that will help.
next year, I might try biking instead!
at any rate, the big news lately is that i have been battling with iliotibial band syndrome (according to wikipedia, one of the leading causes of lateral knee pain in runners). with the portland marathon less than 3 weeks away, i am getting less and less optimistic about actually accomplishing my marathon goal this year. which, i'm not going to lie, is a huge bummer considering i've now put 4 months of time into it (7 if you count the half marathon training from january to april). but when i can barely make it through the first 6 miles of a 20 mile run, i'm not so sure that 4 1/2 hours of running in excruciating pain sounds like fun.
so, i'm very, very, very cautiously optimistic that this thing will work itself out before 10/10/10. after all, it came on without warning, so perhaps it will go away without warning. in the meantime, i'm going to physical therapy and hoping that will help.
next year, I might try biking instead!
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