You see that smile? That is the smile of someone who ran her first race ever and ran it pain-free, WITHOUT the shin splints that have been plaguing me the last few weeks. Yay!
individual and collective, determination.
dear jen: coming from a family of marathon runners, i am so excited for you to run your first marathon in new york city on sunday. wishing you much ease and many smiles along the way. no doubt you have learned a lot about yourself during this process - revealing hidden gems of strength and determination. enjoy the moments and know that you will not be alone in your excitement and fear. run with and not against. you will do great! xoxo.maura
I have been overwhelmed and humbled by the support, encouragement and kind words that I have received from friends, fellow tumblrs and strangers during this whole “Jen got crazy and is running a marathon” bit.
Thank you to everyone for following along on this little ole’ blog and keeping me in positive thoughts all along the way; it means more to me than I can express and mentally is why I’ve gotten as far as I have.
Virtual hug to Maura for saying what I needed to hear tonight. I wish you could be here!
GO JEN GO!
I am running this race on Thanksgiving, so my $%^@! shin splints better be gone by then. I mean jeez, I already sent the check, and even though its only a 5K, I do not plan to walk it. Hell, if its anything like this morning, I won’t even be able to.
This is absurd.
I have shinsplints in one leg. Guess which one? Hint: its NOT the same one as my robot ankle. I’ve been fighting through the pain on my last few runs, but today it was so unbearable I could only run ONE mile and limped the whole way home. ONE MILE. That is pathetic.
I’m going to Jack Rabbit sometime later this week to get an evaluation. They think the problem could be my shoes, and I have my fingers crossed that it’s that easy of a solution, because this is going to kill me slowly if I can’t run. (Again.)
Happy Friday
Just ran 6.8 miles. Could have and should have done 7, but I’ll take it. And now, weekend.
threetenmarathon:(via thestrawmancomplex)
haha YES! on that note though I haven’t drank in over 3 weeks.
considering i’m giving up alcohol very soon, this is exactly what i needed to see.
The Drums like to run, but I will run faster and longer. Their song will be on repeat though. Its great running music!
tonight after my run
…i thought i was going to pass out, felt like throwing up, and had to throw one of my socks away because it was so bloody.
it was awesome.
Help!
RUNNING QUESTION:
During the tail end of my run, I started getting chills that lasted through my cool down and still haven’t completely gone away. This is my first run in about 3 weeks (I’ve been seriously slacking) and although I wasn’t pushing myself as hard as I did on my last one, I was pushing relatively hard and sweating as much if not more than I usually do. I’m still sweating so much that I had to turn the AC on in my apartment, but the chills haven’t really gone away.
This has NEVER happened to me before. I’m wondering if I’m just dehydrated, but I really have no idea. Its kind of freaking me out. Thoughts, ANYONE?!
