I'm going on a run today. We're gonna see how far I can run. I'm hoping to run
between four and seven miles. A little teeny bit worried because I ran nine
miles but I went to go run four and I felt like I ran pretty strong but I
ended with pretty harsh runner's knee which I've never had it that bad and as
can be expected it was in my right knee. So we're going on kind of a tester. It's
like I've been saying these weeks are really going to be telling us to whether
or not I can do the full marathon and my knee can't really start taking the
mileage that I'm going to be putting on it as quickly as I'd like then we're
definitely gonna have to like downgrade to the half. So we'll just see how today
goes. I ended up taking yesterday off because I hurt after the four mile run
so again we'll just have to see. I'm also still kind of getting used to the
very minimal running clothes. Hey puppy. Usually I have a bit more on and so I'm
getting used to having less on but it's just so hot that you know I don't want
to die of heat stroke. So I definitely look more like a run of these days I
guess. So not looking good. Not looking good at all. I ran like point one miles and
I could already tell my knee was starting to act up. Just a little bit
worrying. So it looks like I'm gonna need to take another day off. I'm
surprised. I didn't think I felt that bad after the nine miler but apparently
that wasn't the case. I think this actually might be a very good sign that
my body is just like one quarter of my body is just not ready for a marathon
yet I think. I mean I'm halfway through this is where it starts getting pretty
real and I think I'm gonna have to take a lot more time put in the miles on. So I've
been thinking about this for a little while now. I'm thinking about making my
own schedule. I have been using the Nike schedule. I talked to a friend of mine
about this and she kind of had the same idea. She used the Nike Plus schedule to
prep for the half marathon and she mentioned just being utterly worn out
by it and I don't want my schedule to do that. I want my schedule to be something
that feels challenging but natural and doesn't push me in a way that I clearly
can't be pushed. So I'm thinking I've been thinking about this for a while now
with all the travel I'm doing, how busy I get, how inconsistent my running has been.
I think I'm gonna go ahead and call it and I'm gonna shoot for the half
marathon this time around and then maybe try and figure out a way to train,
continue training throughout the winter and try and do something like a full or
something because I want to keep, I want to get to a good mileage and I want it to
stay consistent. Something I'm actually super interested in trying out is
eventually maintaining a week that is three miles, six miles, three miles, half
marathon every week. That to me feels like something I could do and I know it
sounds kind of crazy but if you just have one day that's a huge mileage day
that's something that you can typically kind of deal with and if I keep the rest
of my running at a fairly low pace then I get to have those long days where I'm
just just in it and that is the day that I run. So I want to get that's that's my
goal right now. I think I think I want to be able to do a half marathon again
you know from the beginning I'm so interested in being able to one day run
a marathon but I want to do it smart and I don't want to get hurt and right now
the half marathon is something I can see. I'm close I did a nine-miler and it's
interesting to do nine miles and then realize if I just did four more I'm at
I'm at pretty much a half. That's an interesting thing because if you break
them up into pieces they don't seem so bad. For example if I broke in my head
if I broke up my half marathon into an eight mile and a five mile that's
something that's not terrifying to me anymore because I know I can do an eight
miler and now it looks like we're gonna have to jump the border between eight
and nine and nine and ten and ten all the way up to 13. So yeah I'm not upset
about it actually. I don't feel like I failed because I feel like I'm doing what
I'm supposed to be doing as far as training goes. So I think it's gonna be
the half this time around.
