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Tag: Injury
August 30, 2014
I’m Going to Disneyland!
As I’ve mentioned over and over, (and over and over, again), I’m running the DisneyLand Half-Marathon at the end of August. I ran the Walt Disney World Dopey Challenge last January, and I decided this was my year to complete the Coast-to-Coast Challenge. I’m looking forward to it with some trepidation. As is usual for my races, I’m pouring over all available information and soaking up any information I can about the race and course, in particular ChatterRunGirl’s race report of last year’s Disneyland half marathon! This will be my first race since the Mississauga Half-Marathon. That’s a very long time between races for[…continue reading]
July 25, 2013
Fingers Crossed
I am cautiously hopeful about the state of my recovery. There are good signs, but I don’t want to jinx it. I was super-sore for most of this week. My 19km long run on Sunday morning was a shock to my system. The morning after that run I was unusually sore. Then on Monday evening I had a weight training session with my personal trainer. By the end of that I was twitching in muscles I didn’t know I had. So, Tuesday and Wednesday were sore as expected. I suppose I’ve forgotten what real training feels like to my body.[…continue reading]
July 16, 2013
…Or Bust?
In a post from about a month ago, I declared I was going to run Berlin Or Bust! After a tough month of reality checks, my goal of running the Berlin Marathon in September seems pretty far away. The worst part is I think I might be okay with that… If I was following my training schedule for Berlin, I would have needed to do 23km Sunday night. I didn’t run at all. I feel quite guilty about it, of course! But I also have a slight sense of relief. I’ve been so obsessed with schedules and miles for so[…continue reading]
