My running diary betrays my recent laziness and injury, with some very spartan entries for the many weeks since my last post.
After being forced to a halt with excruciating pain mid-run on Dec 13th, my knee continued to be dodgy and/or I continued to be lazy for 3 weeks. Then I finally felt confident / motivated enough to try some running on Jan 4th. Since then I haven't gotten above 30 miles per week.
Needless to say, I won’t be running the Country Music Nashville Marathon, since it is but a few brief months away. I'm still contemplating flying down for the half, since it would be a crying shame to miss hanging out with all the Hellgaters (not to mention a total waste of the entry fee.) Given that official switching from the full to the half does not seem possible, I'll just have to hope I don't get blacklisted or arrested for logging a 1:40 (or whatever) marathon.
The knee continues to provide some serious issues this week but oddly, not while I’m running. The best way I have to describe it, is like there’s a loose razor blade floating around in there. It intermittently jabs me sharply in various places, usually on the lateral side, often preventing me from bending my leg more than about 20 degrees and causing me to limp. But now I’m boring myself (and you I'm sure), as this is the same problem I’ve described having for as long as I’ve kept this blog, and before that, to boot. Hopefully, I’ll recover like I managed last year, and be able to run a fall marathon.
Speaking of which, my plans for the Marine Corps Marathon on October 25th were scuppered recently due to a calendar clash with a friend’s wedding. So now I’m prematurely pinning all my hopes on Baltimore (October10th). It sounds like a lovely city to visit, especially since we’ll have friends living there by then.
Eons ago, I signed up for the Bronx Half Marathon - which is next Sunday. If I participate (& I really quite want to), it will be my running career’s least trained-for race. I haven’t run further than 6.5 miles since the marathon over two months ago. But what the heck.
About Me
- Yvonne
- I was born and raised in Scotland, but have been living in NYC since 2001. Although I ran on and off throughout my teens and twenties, it wasn't until I hit 30 that I decided to take it more seriously. I wanted to lose weight and feel good. I was also interested to see if I'd inherited a smidgen of my mum's running talent. I ran three marathons before taking a break in 2006 and 2007 when I became a mum. Getting back into running postpartum was a long hard road, but at last two years later I am fit and healthy. In Nov'08 I returned to marathoning in Philadelphia. Running and writing are the only hobbies I've ever been passionate about, so its great to have this outlet which combines the two.
Blog Archive
Personal Records
- 5K: February 22 '05: 20:51
- 5 Miles: June 20 '04: 35:18
- 10K: April 3 '05: 43:55
- Half: March 19 '05: 1:38:33
- Marathon: October 9 '05: 3:30:15
My Marathon History
- Philadephia '08: 3:33:39
- Chicago '05: 3:30:15
- Boston '05: 3:38:46
- New York '04: 3:40:09
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I'm nervous for whenever I get around to running another half. I ran 5k on a treadmill at slower than 9 min pace and I was counting the seconds for it to be over with. I can't even imagine how I ran 13 miles as fast as I did. And it wasn't even that long ago!
I should have gotten pregnant after my last marathon. At least then I could say I'm recovering from the baby. It's much less impressive to say that I'm recovering from too much schoolwork!
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How's it going?! Eager to see what has come of your post marathon resolutions :)
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