My marathon is less than a month away
Booked the hotel room last night.
More importantly, got back into my training this week, after a week and a half off for my leg to recover. I ran 5 miles Monday and 8 miles Tuesday, outside. I felt fine after the 8, which made me so happy. I can still do this! I probably won’t need to drop down to the half marathon on race day!
Yesterday I went to the gym to do the allotted 5, and give my joints a slight break from the uneven pavement. But I only ran 2 miles there, then did the rest on the elliptical. I was protecting my leg a bit, which I strangely felt more on the treadmill, after an entire day break, than I had on my 8-miler. But I was also a little depleted, of energy, breath, morale. I probably wasn’t too properly hydrated and fed, and though another reason for the gym refuge was the strangely sunny and warm weather we had yesterday, I still felt it beating in through the giant facing windows and I was warm.
I’m not too down about it, though, as I was prepared to give myself the greatest leeway on that run so I could be rested and non-injurious as possible to myself before the, gulp, 18 miles this weekend.
There’s not much I can do in advance of the moment-of-truthiness awaiting me along the East River and Hudson route that day, or for that matter, the weather. Rain is predicted for tomorrow, and if that’s the case, I may run Sunday instead, where projections are free of rain cloud icons. But I need to know soon so I can appropriately prep with either carbs and rest or drinks and debauchery tonight. Time to go check the latest data!
