WOW!! What a difference a new pair of shoes can make. I made the decision last night to pull out the new NB 768s and use them today. My NB 767s have about 350 miles on them so they are very close to the end, but I wanted to see if the shoe change would help with some of the aches and pains. From the very first 1/10th of a mile I could tell this was going to be a great run. I couldn't beleive the absence of pain in my calf and hip. When I started this morning I honostly had no idea how far I was going to run. I figured I would run until I thought the pain was getting worse and then stop at whatever mile that was. At mile 10 I still felt strong and thought, maybe I should just go 20 today since I missed a 20 miler last week. Well, the good news is, I feel like I am getting back my pre-injury form and the pain is on the downhill slide, the bad news is, my arch is flaring up in its usual spot but at least I know that a cortisone shot from my podiatrist will cure that really quick....I just don't know if I can wait the week and a half until the appointment. With three more strong weeks to go before the taper I hope to regain some of the fitness I have lost during my time off and reduced running these past few weeks. I don't feel like I have lost much and if healing continues to go well I think I can get there.
Bad news for Meg. Her knee really started hurting her bad around mile 11/12 and she gutted it out to mile 14. I finally convinced her to stop cause she is so tough and would have finished the run at the risk of doing serious damage to her knee. She is so ready for Ogden, I just hope she has the patience to let this knee heal up well in the next 6 weeks even if it means sacrificing a little of her fitness. I think she is fit enough to run a sub 3:30, but not with her knee in its current condition.
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