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Week 2 Training
Sometimes plans change. This week I made the decision to switch my marathon. I was originally planning to do the Philadelphia marathon in November, but I realized that it just wasn’t the right choice for me for a number of reasons. The first and biggest reason is the way my knee/IT Band/fibula is handling the increase of mileage I’ve been given. My PT slashed my mileage for June and the beginning of July, and we have been increasing it the last few weeks. I don’t like how sore it has been, particularly after longer runs. The idea of working towards 20 mile long runs right now has me nervous, and…
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2018 WDW Marathon Weekend
A rocky road to 26.2: If you’ve read some of my other posts, you know that Chicago was a disaster for me. I finished, but in agony, and took myself to a PT and signed up with a running coach. I had the Disney Marathon in three months and I wanted redemption. Initially at the PT we were treating it as an IT Band injury, and it was going well- I had run the Wine and Dine half relatively strong and finished a local Turkey Trot in a much faster time than I had anticipated. I was pretty excited as we were approaching one month to go, until my knee started…
