Not running all week was tough and not going to the gym was even tougher than I thought, more physically than mentally. I never realized how much my weeknight trips to Fitness Renegades was really part of my life now, until I couldn't go! Granted, I had my strength exercises from PT that I needed to do, but that's just not the same as a dose of Joe's daily intense lifting and challenging missions or Ty's fierce weekend warrior insanity adventures. I may make light of these workouts but they are intense, often fierce and push me to my limits and I wouldn't have it any other way. Thanks guys!
On Thursday when I met with Lisa, while she was really working my IT Band we were discussing my painful weekend, how things were going this week and where we were headed from here.
From the way my run and workout last weekend went. I knew what was coming...
We were only 4 weeks out from the marathon. My longest run to date was 14 miles, over a month ago.
As of right now, I couldn't make 10 miles without being in extreme pain. I think deep down I knew what I needed to do, it was just really hard to admit it.
I was NOT going to be running this Full Marathon.
I will be honest, it was tough to finally admit what I think I knew deep down a few weeks ago already. My body was just not ready for the challenge yet. Last summer when I was just running a lot of miles and spending minimal time with strength training, I was doing ok. Then over the winter, I switched gears and was doing a heavier amount of strength training and minimal running (thanks to mother nature and the "lovely" winter we had here) that too was ok. Come spring when I upped the mileage and kept up with the strength training, but body put up the stop sign. Ok, it was probably just a caution flag at first but since I didn't pay attention to it right away, it turned into a red flag. I needed to stop and pay attention to what was going on.
I did get the ok from my PT to run the half marathon and thankfully I was able to find someone that had a Half Marathon registration that they were no longer able to use. Unfortunate that they were not able to run, but in the end it was a blessing for me, as the half marathon was at capacity and I could not just "switch" events. It cost me $10 to process the transfer, but that was $10 well spent!
I am taking these next few weeks before the half marathon to work on the strength training prescribed by my PT to get me moving in the right direction and on May 18th, I will head out for my 1st Half Marathon on 2014.
Yes I am disappointed that I will not be able to make Cellcom 2014 my first Full Marathon, but I know that with some hard work over the next few months, I will only come out a stronger runner in the end. I am not calling it quits on a Full Marathon, just delaying it until my body is ready for the challenge!
The rest of 2014 is still ahead of me, several 5k's, 10k's, color runs and Half Marathons, so the distances might be shorter, but the miles will still me there! We are not stopping, just changing gears and taking a detour!
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