I'm smack in the middle of marathon training, and training is kind of at a stand still because of my weird injury/non-injury in my leg. I did another easy 3 miles today, and it was a little disheartening. The first 1.5 miles I had some discomfort on the inside and outside of my leg, right below my calf. Plus some twinges under my kneecap. But it all went away after that 1.5 miles. Then in the last .50 mile I started to get some discomfort over my lower shin.
So....yea. I still don't know where I stand.
In other news, they released the medal for the race this year.
...I am not a fan.
I know Detroit is the "Motor City", and that statue guy is iconic Detroit, but...I think it's kind of ugly. In the end, who cares about the medal, right? It's all about the hard work, effort, and miles put in to get it. But I will admit that I'd like it to be pretty, too. Because I am vain.
I'm supposed to be running the Minnesota Half Marathon in St. Paul this weekend. That's still very up in the air. A good runner friend of mine (interviewed here after his Hardrock 100 race) said "Eh, just go run it. I run all the time with pains and aches. They go away after a couple of miles". Considering that he runs 50k's for breakfast, I suppose a half marathon is a drop in the bucket for him.
Speaking of medals, the MN Half medal is quite attractive:
Not that I want to injure myself further just for a piece of metal...
So anyway, I'm kind of in no-man's land of training. Rest world. Reevaluating world. Rambling world...
How's your training going? What are you looking forward to in the next few months?
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Ugh! Sorry to hear your injury is still bothering you. I'd be on the fence about the half this weekend if I was in your shoes, too. That MN metal is pretty cool though :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I know it's going to be warm here too, so my thoughts are that maybe I can go and just take it really easy instead of "racing" it. Maybe even stick with a slower pace group. We'll see!
DeleteI was so excited when my first marathon medal got released! It had a very iconic Charleston bridge on it so I was all oh yay! And then when I got it in real life I realized it had little runner people on it that are really just floating head/ghost looking things so now it kind of creeps me out. The MN half one is awesome though, love that!
ReplyDeleteI know, I love that it's the state. My first half medal was pretty cool too, it was a train with people in front of it for the "WhistleStop" Half. But the people are pretty goofy looking too!
DeleteSorry about your leg :( That's such a bummer. I don't think the medal is all that bad. The car is cool... the statue guy is a little weird, though.
ReplyDeleteThanks :/ Of course, any second that it feels ok, I'm like "oh see, I could run it!" Stupid runner brain. Why do we torture ourselves so?
DeleteSorry about your limbo. That resting place can be a really uncomfortable one. And I agree, it feels a little silly to be concerned about the medal but it does matter just a little bit ;)
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