All You Need Is Love

TLC for the foot = happy runner

I ran 5 miles (with a 2 mile tempo run) Thursday night. It hurt, but I was still able to run on it. That was my first run since last Saturday's nightmare run. As I was running, I decided that my 4:20 goal for the marathon was out. But, I didn't mind. Even though there was an annoying pain in the foot, I was still enjoying myself. The rest of my body was happy to pick up some of the slack. I had decided that a 5 hour marathon would be great. I had done it before and enjoyed almost every step of the way. Or even completing the marathon would be great, if it got bad. I was just happy that I was running again (I was only off for 4 days, but it felt like 4 months--running messes with your mind!).

Well, I had scheduled for today an 8 mile run. I was a little nervous. Dad said to run anywhere from 3-8. If it got bad, stop at 3. If it was okay, definitely stop at 8. Don't push it. Can I just say that around 2.5 miles the pain significantly decreased for the rest of the run!!!!!! I wanted to run a marathon today. I was almost giddy. I did not want to stop at 8. I mean, I wasn't going fast, I just wanted to keep going. The pain in my foot has been so bad this week, that it was almost like I was in a dream as I was running (except this dream wasn't in slow motion). Yes, there was a little bit of pain, but it was the kind of pain I'm used to. I could handle it.

So, we'll see what happens next Saturday. In the meantime, I'll be dishin' out a little more TLC to this foot of mine.