Same Time, Same Channel

Easy run. Average pace: 9:11.

Weather: 67° F, 50% humidity, wind 4 SSW.

Back to the routine. I felt better on my run today than I did on my first run after the cruise. I worked harder, slept less, and ate adequately but less on the trek than I did on the cruise.

If you want to read about the trek, see my entries on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last week.

Easy run. Average pace: 9:34.

I intended to run 10 miles today, but I developed a significant pain in my right calf, so I did something I've never done before. I stopped running and called my husband and asked him to come get me. After I called him, I walked towards home until he reached me.

When I got home, my daughter made me an ice pack and brought me some stuffed animals to comfort me.

I hope this pain is gone by tomorrow.

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.

Argh! My calf felt tight for the first mile, and then it started to hurt and just kept getting worse to the point where it was changing my gait. I had forgotten to bring my cell phone and I wasn't very far from home anyway, so I stopped running and walked back home. I might try the elliptical at work tomorrow morning and see if I can do that without pain in an attempt to maintain some fitness while I let this stupid thing heal.

I took the Sage Marion's advice and didn't do the elliptical this morning. I slept in instead.

I got a list of ART providers from Bonnie. One of them is on my insurance. I'll see if I can get my GP to refer me to him.

**Update**

It turns out I don't need a referall from my GP to go to a chiropractor (ART providers are chiropractors), so I cancelled my doctor's appointment. I called and left a message with the one ART provider who is on my insurance.

My leg feels better than yesterday and I'm not limping so much, but it still hurts.