Lately our marathon training hasn’t been too fun. Last weekend it was cold all weekend and I didn’t run. Susan went early Saturday morning before Tyler’s basketball game and when she got home her hair was frozen. I ran during lunch on Monday and it was actually pretty nice out. Good thing I went at lunch because by the time I got home it was turning cold and getting cloudy, it ended up snowing Monday night. Then on Tuesday we went for a run with it snowing like crazy. It had just started snowing when we left and it wasn’t really sticking so slipping wasn’t a problem, it was just hard to see and cold from the wind. Yesterday we were suppose to run when we got home but it was 30 degrees with the wind chill in the 20′s so we decided not to go. This morning it was 18 with a wind chill of 9 and suppose to stay cold all day so I don’t know if I will run again.
Thankfully the marathon is only 9 days away because we are both ready to stop running in this weather. The weather is suppose to get better starting this weekend and we are looking forward to that. It is suppose to be 65 on Sunday so we are planning on riding between 30 and 40 miles. We have hardly been on our bikes at all because of the weather so the 63 mile ride the day after the marathon should be fun. As of right now they are saying it will be a low of 44 and a high of 61 and no rain in Myrtle Beach on the day of the marathon (which is slightly warmer than they were saying when I looked earlier this morning) so we are crossing our fingers that that forecast holds up.
On another note, I went and saw a doctor about my foot problem and he said I have sesamoiditis (which hurts like crazy!!!). He said that it was common for people with arches as high as mine to have this problem. He also said that I am “not exactly a small marathon runner”, which I thought was funny, and that contributes to the problem. He made me some temporary orthodics to see if they help and if they do he is going to make me some perminant ones. I haven’t done a long run in them yet but so far they seem to be working which my feet are VERY happy about. He also thinks that my knee problems are coming from instability because of my feet so he thinks the orthodics will help with that also.
YOU went to the doctor?!?! I seem to recall an allergic reaction with your THROAT CLOSING and I had to CONVINCE you to go then and the only reason you went was because I told you that if you didn’t go yourself, I was coming to get you!!!!!
I’m so proud of you. It’s amazing. Sorry your foot hurts. Hopefully the orthodics will help.
And this cold is so not fun!
We’re riding 30 or 40 miles on Sunday!? When were you going to tell me this? When we got out in the middle of nowhere and then I’d have no choice but to keep going or be stranded, LOL.
Hopefully the orthodics will help. They did wonders for my feet. Keep running. Time is drawing near.
Don’t you love it when you find out things like that? Actually, Susan and I were going to see how far you want to go and then decide on our route from there.
I was considering cutting off my feet because they hurt so bad but I decided I would give the doctor a try first. They have been hurting for about 5 months now so don’t think I broke down and went to the doctor right away. It took lots of Benadryl to keep the allergic reaction to a minimum when I did finally go.
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