No, I’m not taking a few days off from blogging. Instead, I’m (sadly) taking a few days off from training. I don’t know what’s up, but since our 18 miler last week, I’ve been experiencing some pain in my achilles/ankle area. I’ve been trying to ice it (I even iced it one day at work!) and ran on it twice this week (two 5 milers Monday and Tuesday), but those didn’t seem to make it much better.
Normal Melissa would just run through it. I mean, what’s the worst that could happen, right? I’ve run through similar pain before, including horrible shin splints, nail-less toes, etc. But there’s something about this pain, so close to race day (ONE MONTH AND ONE DAY AWAY) that makes me nervous! And googling “achilles pain from running” doesn’t come up with anything pretty. Marathon-training Melissa is smart. She doesn’t run 9 miles on Wednesday, despite hating herself for “skipping a day,” and doesn’t run or work out at all on Thursday. Instead, she takes it easy, ices when necessary and waits for her 14 mile run this weekend to see how she feels.
Am I crazy? Some days it’s hard to get out of bed and actually run, so why is it harder right now to NOT run?
To end this running post, I leave you with a few images from my new favorite Tumblr – Hey Running Girl. Ryan Gosling can motivate me to run anytime 🙂
Sadly, I can relate to all of these:
Yup. Pretty awesome stuff.
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LOVE the Ryan Gosling stuff Missa. Sorry you’re hurting but SO glad you’re being smart! Missing a few miles here and there won’t make you any less able to rock the marathon although I know its scary to skip training runs. You’re doing exactly the right thing, can’t wait to hear how the 14 miler goes. Love you!
Thanks for following my training! I’m still skipping or skimping on the longer mid-week runs, but keeping my fingers crossed that this weekend’s 20 miler goes well before tapering.
PS – I’ll call you sometime!
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