So I’m in the middle of my tapering schedule. I’ve only done a 3 mile run so far this week, on Monday. My longest two runs in the past two weeks were 12 and 8 respectively.
Yesterday I started to feel a little down. I was tired and frustrated and couldn’t for the life of me figure out what was wrong.
This morning my husband woke up early to hit the gym, and I realized exactly what it was: I’m missing my long runs.
I recall in the past when I’ve gotten a small injury and had to take a few days or weeks off of running to heal. Those weeks were really rough on me emotionally. i need running to keep everything level: to erase the stress and get my good vibes going.
I haven’t given up running of course, but i have adjusted my schedule drastically. In fact, this past week I ran ten miles less than I have been running each week. that’s a huge difference! so even though I am still running, my runs are much shorter, and this week I’ll only do three instead of four.
In addition, yesterday I ran over my big toe with the chair. It immediately began to swell and I immediately began to cry. My biggest fear; I had broken it and would not be able to run the race.
luckily, that didn’t happen. It is still sore this morning but not as bad as it was, and not as swollen either. I’ll continue to ice it and rest this week. I had planned to be on my feet as little as possible anyway, but now ‘ll really take care to baby that toe.
And then I’ll do the 26, and I can’t wait! I can’t wait to get out there and run, run, run.
