...many times I've heard how people are training
for the marathon...following to a "T", an outlined
running plan that builds only on the increase
of running mileage and nothing else.
*
In my hopes of breaking the 4 hour mark, I began thinking
maybe a written out schedule is the way to reach
my goal...focusing just on running and running only.
*
So I did some research and found a fun one online,
calendared to the day of the race, complete with
special instructions for speed and hill workouts...
*
"This should really help me!"...I was convinced...it's
all layed out and makes such perfect sense...
*
So I set out on my first 2 weeks of training, plodding
along on the endless concrete sidewalks we all
run on to get our miles in...chalking up the
exact mileage, and days, the plan asked of me into my
running journal...obsessive not to miss a day,
I began to feel like Dorothy running down
the Yellow Brick Road in pursuit
of OZ...
*
I began wondering if this Running Only plan was
all it was cut out to be...getting out of bed
in the morning, I began to notice my arches,
knees and hips hurt like they never had before...I'd
cross trained in the past, incorporating mountain biking,
swimming or an exercise video workout with running,
and never had these issues.
A little voice began reminding me...
*
...remembering friends who had trained by the book
for a marathon, toes bloodied and blistered, obsessively
following the plan, carefully wrapping their
wounds every morning with moleskin just to get their
workout in...others running through pain,
ignoring the signs, to then suffer a stress
fracture, never making it to the starting line
at all...this was not going to happen to me.
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Whether it was a little voice, a bird or
just good common sense, thank goodness I've
changed paths...
*
...let your joints and muscles rest and repair
between runs, but most of all listen to
your body and what it could be telling you!
"Happy, Healthy Training!"
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