Day 89

Monday, February 13

Not sure if there is anything worse for a runner after a long run than sitting for hours..doing nothing..

I had Jury Duty today, and despite how good I really do feel after Saturday's run, sitting for this long really makes everything stiffen up.

I was planning on taking today off, and I did. I was released from my civil duties at 2:30 and went home and iced all the joints which needed it. I'm ready to bring on this weeks mileage.

I don't plan on increasing my long run by to much. Maybe just to 17 or 18 miles. At this point, it really will be a miracle if I finish the full marathon, but I don't want to risk injuring myself so close to the end. As much as I wish the training had gone uneventfully, it hasn't and I must make do with where I've gotten myself.

Don't get me wrong, I'm stubborn as hell, and it'll take a crippling injury for me to stop on March 10th.

I read another cool article in Runner World about injuries. It was written by a novice runner who thought his body was just 'not made for running' because of all the injuries he had sustained through his training..sounds familiar. After he talked to some advanced runners, he learned that all of those guys(and girls) have had the same injuries and all of their comments on those injuries were the same, "The Body will heal itself, so why stop training?" Just reading that sentence re-rejuvenated the drive within me. I can do this. And I will. Pain is only temporary.