It’s Update Time
First things first, I’d like to thank all of my sponsors for helping me raise $3,280 to date, which is about 1/3 of the way to my goal of $10,000. I’m very grateful that you all have been so charitable during the holiday season. It absolutely motivates me to run on these snowy and cold days when I’d rather stay inside under the blankets!
From a training perspective, I’m about 2 months into the 6 month training schedule I began in October. Since that first week, my weekly mileage has steadily increased to my biggest weekly output last week of 24 miles. Last week also marked another small milestone in this journey; my 8 mile run on Saturday morning was the longest run I’ve ever done. From here on out, every Saturday run will be my “longest ever” until the tapering begins 2 weeks before the marathon. Wow. I never thought I’d run 8 miles, let alone 26.
Training has gone remarkably well, aside from some arch pain I’ve been experiencing for the last week or so. I’m being careful to ice, stretch, and take it easy on days where I feel a little off. My worst fear is to develop an injury that is so serious that I need to take a couple weeks off from running. Given that I started this training with no base (i.e. I had not been running at ALL), missing two+ weeks would be devastating. Needless to say, I’m trying to be as cautious and mindful of aches and pains as possible without obsessing about them.
Finally, I want to thank the teammates who I’ve gotten to run with these last few weeks. I never realized how much better it is to run with people, particularly when we all are driven by a similar goal. So: Amanda A., Amanda B., Brian, Courtney, Jeff, Lauren, Mel, and anyone else I’ve forgotten - Thank you. See you soon! And for those of you reading, check out their blogs too - the links are on the left!
