Crunch Time!
Well, I am 3 week out until the big day-1/2 marathon day! Fortunately, I have been feeling well enough to continue my training. The way that my schedule will work out though (because of my three week sickness break) I won't actually run 13 miles until the day of the race. My long runs are on Fridays, so this week it will be 10 miles, then 11 the following, and 12 the next. I am sure that come race day I will be able to add that last mile in with no problem because of the excitement of it all. I am getting excited!
When I first got sick I was pretty discouraged and frustrated that I couldn't run. But, it really was a good thing when I look back on it. At that point in my running schedule I was running 10 miles for my long runs and 6 and 7 miles on my shorter runs during the week. I think the schedule was just really hard on my body. Maybe it's because I had been running 6+ miles so consistently and I hadn't really given my body a break. My ankles were hurting ALL the time-I couldn't even walk around the house without shoes because of how badly they hurt. My toes were bruised and sore. And my knees were starting to hurt when I ran too! Needless to say, that three weeks with no running really did the trick! No pain anymore and I am feeling more and more ready for the big race everyday.
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