impending doom
whoa boy. today did not equal a very good time for this chick... i woke up this morning fine, got dressed and came to work fine, started running fine.... and about 3 quarters into the first mile, things were no longer fine. i dont know what happened, but all of a sudden it just hurt.. i mean it HURT. my shins got really tight, like i couldnt lift my toe up off the ground, and stretching, for some reason, kinda made it worse so..... yeah. it was horrible. my (annoying) watch kept beeping at me to run faster to the point where i just figured whats the point?? and turned it off. and i'm seriously OCD about timing my runs, so thats saying sum'thin. thankfully i had my i-pod with me and Shania/The White Stripes/JEM/Green Day/the Gross Pointe Blank soundtrack and many other lovely tunes kept me going because i was beyond frustrated. all i wanted to do was RUN and it just wasn't happening... i havent had a run this bad since the beginning of training (when this was pretty much an every day occurance) so i dont know whats going on. i'm going to take it easy today and tomorrow and pray thursday's run is back to normal!
in other news... my impending doom.
i came to the office, opened up my mailbox and saw i had an update about this coming saturday's run from TNT. i found the following:
Training this week for the MARATHON GROUP:
All MARATHON groups will meet at 6:00 a.m.
When: Saturday, July 23rd
Where: Roe Park
What time: 6:00 a.m.
How many miles?
Nike Women's Marathon Group: 14 miles for the full marathon and 7 miles for the half marathon
Chicago Alumni Group: 16 miles
ok, but that wasnt the scary part. the SCARY part was this...
Special Note From Coach Karl:
This will be your last FLAT course for awhile! We will be doing serious hill training for the next several weeks.
heh. i'm scared. i've heard stories of Karl and his hill training, and they make me want to curl up, grab my blankey, suck my thumb and hide in the corner!
so, i'm going to be sucking down water and gatorade like its my job this week... eat right, sleep well and hope to high heaven my legs get back in working order, because i have a very good feeling that the next few weeks (months?) are going to be the death of me!
ahhhhh, aint marathon trainin' grand?!
Comments
DATE: 8:41 AM
Don't worry. Remember me? The queen of bad runs and big come backs? Yah, kind of. Anywho...I'm glad Coach Karl is training you all on hills. Isn't San Fransisco an incredibly hilly city? (Rice-A-Roni?) So you must look at it as preparation. I too am going to conquer hills at Shawnee Mission Park (again!) this weekend. K.C. isn't so flat itself. However, I only have to run between 8-10 miles. (I jump to 15 NEXT week.) You can do it, yes you can!
Posted by: Stephanie | July 4, 2006 08:03 PM
DATE: 8:42 AM
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Posted by: Stephanie | July 4, 2006 08:03 PM
DATE: 10:42 AM
Just wait until you get to see the Garmin graph from those hill days...:)You rock...just remember...the bad ones are what makes the good runs great!
Posted by: Liz | July 4, 2006 08:03 PM
DATE: 3:21 PM
General question for you -- I keep trying to link my blog to my fundraising page, it says that fundraising has ended. Did you encounter the same problem? And don't worry, the hills will only make you stronger!
Posted by: Josh | July 4, 2006 08:03 PM
DATE: 4:30 PM
Oh i can so relate to THIS post. I just generally live in fear these days. i thought running a marathon was supposed to help you conquer fear! it's all lies!!Honestly, it's so frustrating when you hurt. You're doing the right thing by taking it easy and hydrating up. Try some nice easy stretches for shins...there's plenty of good stuff online.We're all rooting for you!
Posted by: jeanne | July 4, 2006 08:03 PM
DATE: 5:04 PM
aw, sweet. thanks guys, i love our little RBF!!!
Posted by: a.maria | July 4, 2006 08:03 PM
DATE: 7:01 PM
stretch those calves really well before/after runs and ice the shins afterwards. i'm sure you know all this stuff but i can't help myself! :-) that is the advice people gave to me anyway, i can't take credit for coming up with it on my own. also, my shin splints all started from hill training so if they feel painful on hills, maybe don't go too all out? good luck! hills are great, they make flat land seem speedy!
Posted by: brent | July 4, 2006 08:03 PM
DATE: 7:06 PM
thanks... i think i'm gunna make thursday's run an elliptical day and then i will go ahead and take your advice (and many others) and ice my shins after saturday... hopefully i'll be back to normal next week! thanks :)
Posted by: a.maria | July 4, 2006 08:03 PM