Tuesday, January 7, 2014

The Final Push!!!!

We have just over 1 week until we leave for the next big event........Tinkerbell 10K and Tinkerbell Half Marathon in Disneyland!! To say I'm excited is an understatement!! This is our first trip to Disneyland (if you don't count the fact that I went as a child of about 6 or 7 yrs old....which I don't.) The kids are excited about seeing Cars Land, husband is excited about going to someplace other than Orlando. And I'm excited to run!! But also nervous. The leg injury is healing quite nicely. No pain at all during the day and normal activity. I have some "mild discomfort" when I run. I wouldn't say it hurts....just that it is noticeable to me. The farthest I've run since Thanksgiving is just 6.2 miles. I had planned to try and get 10 miles in this weekend, but it wasn't a good weekend for us. From my last Half Marathon in September until this event, the farthest I've been able to run is the 9.3 I ran on Thanksgiving that gave me the shin injury in the first place. I can run 6.2 miles and still be able to walk that day. So the 10K with Jackie isn't going to be an issue. We'll take it real easy and get lots of pictures and just have fun. Sunday.......I have no idea how I'll feel. Will I be sore running again after running on Saturday? Will the pain go from "mild discomfort" to "it hurts a lot" at mile 10? Am i going to have to crawl across the finish line because my leg seized up? That's a worst case scenerio, I know. But it's a possibility too. And after the race then we have a full day of park touring too!! I don't want to ruin our trip because I'm limping from ride to ride. I hate the "wait and see" approach, but really there isn't anything else I can do. I've got 8 days left now until we leave. This coming up weekend is going to be CRAZY busy as Girl Scout Cookie sales begin. Our troop has an all weekend event going on. Trying to find time to run any considerable length is going to be near impossible. I could get some short 3 mile runs in, try and do back to back, just to build up some strength and let my leg see what it's going to be like. Training wise, I've got to hope that almost 3 years of running and 3 prior half marathons are enough to pull me through this upcoming 19.3 miles!!