I’ve been running for a number of years now.\u00a0 In past years I’ve run a lot of 5k’s and just recently added 10k’s to the typical rotation.\u00a0 Previously when asked about participating in a marathon I would have scoffed at the idea believing the distance too great, and the goal too silly — I mean who really wants to run 26.2 miles anyway?<\/p>\n
Recently I started to get this itch.\u00a0 Hard to explain really.\u00a0 After I added 10k’s to the race rotation it got me to thinking that I could do more.\u00a0 My idea was that I’d train for and run a 1\/2 marathon this year in the Fall, then next year I’d compete in a marathon.\u00a0 So I started training for a 1\/2 marathon that I’d found in Portland.\u00a0 I was adding on mileage and with a respectable time — nothing medal worthy, but certainly not at the end of the pack.\u00a0 I was getting pretty pumped.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the race I’d targeted occured on a weekend that I was traveling for business.\u00a0 So I skipped that race.\u00a0 There were others that were w\/in driving distance, but I just couldn’t bring myself to sign up for some reason.\u00a0 Those races weren’t the race I’d planed on running and therefore couldn’t.<\/p>\n
I continued to train, and promptly screwed up my foot.\u00a0 Nothing really serious in the grand scheme, but really painful while in the midst of it.\u00a0 The doctor I went to see wasn’t terribly helpful so when I say I had Plantar Fasciitis it is a self diagnosis.\u00a0 From all the research I’d found on the Internet, I matched most of the symptoms.\u00a0 I put my dream on hold for a while and focused on my core.\u00a0 Months passed since my foot had first began to hurt.\u00a0 Now it’s OK, I just need to remember to warm it up before a run, and stretch it afterwards.\u00a0 As long as I do that it seems to be OK.<\/p>\n
Back to the marathon dream.\u00a0 I’d set my sights on the Chicago Marathon in 2009.\u00a0 I found a training plan that has me starting in June.\u00a0 In the mean time I’m working on keeping my fitness through the Winter and adding miles to my long runs on the weekends.\u00a0 As it gets closer I’ll post more of my experiences.\u00a0 Wish me luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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