My calf feels quite a bit better than it did yesterday, but it's not 100% and I figured that running on it today would just aggravate it again, so I slept in instead.
At this point, I'm really leaning towards scrapping the marathon that I was going to do on Labor Day. I've missed a lot of workouts between the cruise and the trek and my heart just isn't in running 20 mile long runs right now, which I need to do in the next couple of weeks if I'm going to do that marathon. I feel like my body and my mind needs a break more than a challenge right now.
Instead of running the marathon, I'll do a handful of smaller races the rest of the year. I'm registered for a half-marathon on August 8, and then on Labor Day I can either do the half-marathon that's associated with the marathon I was going to do, or take another shot at the Park-to-Park 10-miler, which I really struggled through last year. HRCA (the local homeownder's association) also has a 5K in September. In October, HRCA has a 5 mile or 10 mile trail run. I did the 10 miler last year with Laura from the blog. In November, HRCA has a half marathon and then there's the Turkey Day 5K. I'll probably do several, if not all, of those races and then I'll start thinking about marathon training again for a spring marathon. | 