Biked 6 miles. Read comments from RAD re: blogging biking and agree with her about keeping it "clean" and only blogging running miles. RAD--here is the short version. 10 days out from DC Marathon I developed stress fracture. Ran the DC marathon anyway, then put a boot on for 3 1/2 weeks after but moved my entire family and broke my boot in the process (had to get a new one), so not sure how effective that boot time was. After 3 1/2 weeks off, I did a few runs here and there as we moved into our house, then about 3 weeks ago, started running with Luz at 6 am daily. Loved the early morning runs doing 4-6 at the crack of dawn and just being outside and just running with Luz. Anyway, we did 18 one Saturday (quite a jump for me since I hadn't run anything over 6 since DC but I felt great and the leg was fine), then 12 the next Saturday (last Saturday) and by that Friday the day before I felt some twinging, then I think the 12 just did me in. Probably too much, too fast. I took Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday off, hoping it would go away, but it hasn't. So new plan is to bike until UVM, run UVM with stress fracture, then boot for another 4 weeks (for reals this time and take it easy), then be back in the game in time for St. George in October. I know running UVM is not the smartest thing in the world, but it is #10, which is a big goal of mine, it is on our home turf, and I figure I am going to have to be down for 4 weeks either before or after to get this dang thing healed, so I might as well slip in one more quick marathon. Since I have more time between UVM and St. George (I think?) then I did between DC and UVM, I am hoping that it will really heal this time before I am back to the marathon madness. Thanks for the support and comments. Hope we can get together and run soon. |