Training for the Fall Classic

Susan~

I have been training for lets say “my medal”; instead of saying “the race”, in the fall classic.  I say that, because I haven’t really been able to do too much running these days.  Six months ago I was all gun ho in training for this half marathon.  But then life changed a lot for me over the months, won’t bore you with details.  Which made it hard to get out there and put in the miles.

Last weekend I went to Woodinville.  What a beautiful trail they had there, I loved it!  I wasn’t going to run, but was encouraged by my partner to go and see how I felt because earlier I was talking about quiting.  I hate to quit in anything, so I agreed to take it slow and see how I felt.  I started to run and after 5 minutes I felt like I needed to stop, that I was going to die!!  I found it very hard and I was puffing like crazy.  Then I realized I was running way too fast!  After slowing down and getting into a pace that felt comfortable I was able to keep running.  The view was beautiful, a perfect day for a run.  Fifty minutes into the run my IT band gave up.  I was so upset because everything else was working wonderful.  I then had to walk/run for the remaining ten minutes.  I felt great at the end and could of kept going but with my knee hurting I felt that I should stop and get it sorted before running again.

That’s why I said at the beginning I am training for the medal not the race.  I have a doctors appointment tomorrow hopefully he will give me the okay to get back out there!