August 8, 2011

I ran my 20 on Saturday. It was a little harder than I expected but I finished and I ran the whole time. I started out strong and it was nice and cool so I couldn't have asked for better conditions. My goal was to finish under 3 hours. I figure if I could do the 20 in 3 hours that would give me an hour to play with 6 extra miles. I met my goal so that was good! My SIL road her bike with me again and I really needed the encouragement the last mile and a half. When I am done and looking back it always cracks me up how hard that last mile to two miles is. I know that my body is tired and stuff but it really is the mental game at the end that gets me. I know I have such a short time yet I want to quit so bad. I was really tired on Saturday after the run. I know I need to get a few more calories in me during my run. I tried to do a granola bar this week and that wasn't happening. Trying to chew that and swallow was just too hard. I only had one bite so that didn't help me much. I think the gew is the way to go. I will just have to do small amount but at least I don't have to chew :). Later that day my foot started hurting. It started hurting a lot. I tried to stay off of it as much as possible but that is hard with little ones. Yesterday was not any better I was hoping after a nights rest it would feel better but it hurt all day. I tried laying down and icing it as much as possible. The ice definitely helps but once I am up for very long it is hurting again. This really makes me nervous. My knees hurt some but they have always hurt but this is so out of the blue. It didn't hurt while I was running at all or even when I finished. It was hours after I was done it started hurting. I decided to take some ibuprofen last night to see if it is just inflamed if that will help. Taking medicine always makes me nervous because I don't want to mask an injury with meds. I iced before going to bed and this morning it doesn't hurt at all. I am going to take it easy today and hope I can keep running this week. If not I feel like I am far enough into my training that I can take off a few days and let it heal. I would much rather not run a few times and be a little slower than not be able to run at all :). Wish me luck I have a 22 in two weeks and the half is in 3 weeks!