still pre-training

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1st Run back after injury

1st Run back after injury by m4missy at Garmin Connect - Details

So, the goal is basically to use this blog as a training diary. My goal race is the Hamptons Marathon on October 2. I had wanted to begin formal training 20 weeks out, so that I would be able to work in 2 and possibly 3 long runs of 20 or more. Unfortunately, after a bout of planter faciatiis on which I attempted to run a half-marathon (which resulted in spraining my ankle and dropping out at mile 6 when I could no longer put any weight on my foot), I had to adjust my approach.

The adjustment I decided on was to push back to an 18 week "plan" (as detailed under my header, I am trying

very hard not to over plan; I love the actual planning so much that I end up getting very grandiose and always set myself up for disappointment).
So, the plan is to only plan a little...

Today was a bit of a test run. Everything felt ok, although I was a bit sluggish and do feelas though I lost some conditioning in the month that I had to take off. The planter facia felt fine, it was taped so that

may have been a factor. The achilles (which was another part of the injury) did feel a bit crunchy. I wouldn't describe the
sensation as pain, but it was something noticeable. Overall, I feel good about today's run, I think that I am healing well enough to expect to begin full training in a week and a
half.

Pre-training: Getting back at it

So, the goal is basically to use this blog as a training diary. My goal race is the Hamptons Marathon on October 2.

I had wanted to begin formal training 20 weeks out, so that I would be able to work in 2 and possibly 3 long

runs of 20 or more. Unfortunately, after a bout of planter faciatiis on which I attempted to

run a half-marathon (which resulted in spraining my ankle and dropping out at mile 6 when I could no

longer put any weight on my foot), I had to adjust my approach.

The adjustment I decided on was to push back to an 18 week "plan" (as detailed under my header, I am trying

very hard not to over plan; I love the actual planning so much that I end up getting very grandiose and

always set myself up for disappointment). So, the plan is to only plan a little...

Today was a bit of a test run. Everything felt ok, although I was a bit sluggish and do feel as though

I lost some conditioning in the month that I had to take off. The planter facia felt fine, it was taped so that

may have been a factor. The achilles (which was another part of the injury) did feel a bit crunchy. I wouldn't

describe the sensation as pain, but it was something noticeable. Overall, I feel good about today's

run, I think that I am healing well enough to expect to begin full training in a week and a half.