Not too much to write about this week, but I'm doing my best to be patient with an injury to my hamstring after Saturday's long run.
Following the advice of a fellow runners, I decided to take an extra day off this week to give the injury time to heal. That time off has given me the chance to become better acquainted with my friends Johnny McIce Pack and Heating Pad Sally... I have to say, these are pretty good folks to know :)
So, even though I was scheduled to run 9 miles today, I decided to hop on the treadmill with no particular distance in mind just to see how it felt. I made no effort to go fast and found that, after the first mile, I was actually feeling pretty good. It was my goal, however, to stop before I felt any discomfort... which is a very difficult thing to gauge. I decided that it was better to play it safe, so I ended my run at 1.5 miles and walked another half mile because I wanted to feel like I'd at least made an effort to get in a decent workout (unfortunately, I think I worked up more of a sweat trying to track down my spider friend that kept disappearing under the couch in the basement before I could smash his sorry ass... my apologies... I really hate spiders).
After my very brief workout I did notice the hamstring tightening up again, but I spent some more quality time with my new best friends and really felt good after that. As sad as I am to not be logging the miles I should be, I am glad to at least see some progress. The last thing I want is to come this close and wind up injured for marathon day. And with only 4 weeks to go, now is the time to be playing it smart.
Sadly, my spider friend didn't make it... my condolences to his little spider family...
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