is get this over with

I have been going to the gym almost daily.  I use the rowing machine, the eliptical and the bike for 15-20 each.  I also do a few weights.  I have continued to run a couple of times a week.  On the 9th we drove to Quesnel.  Greg and I ran from the hotel to the farm (about 14K) on the 10th.   I finished in just over 90 minutes which was ok considering that I stopped to talk to John who had come to the farm to pick up some of his equipment.  My legs were a bit sore but the groin was fine.

 On the 16th I did 10K at the Cannery Road Race and finished in just over an hour.  I felt fine.  Jackie and Gail both did their half marathons and both were in pain after.  But they finished!

On the 20th we did a quick run out to the SPCA and back and again I felt fine.

Today we ran out to Ridley.  We turned back just after the cutoff which is about 100m past the 8K marker.  I got there is just under 50 minutes but I took about 53 to get back.  That puts me on track for 2 hour 15 minute half marathon which was my original goal.  For a time, I thought I might have been able to cut about 10 minutes off that but with the limited training while healing this injury, I know that is unlikely.

Over the next couple of weeks, I plan to run 5K on Thursday and 10K next Sunday. I may run part of the route on the Thursday night when we get to Victoria to see what it is like, but other than that, I just want to get this over with.

hope for the best

Well I ran in with Kim Slater and a handful of others and while my leg did not hurt or even bother me that day, it did hurt the next morning which lasted the day.  I decided to take the rest of the week off and then see the doctor on Monday.  He told me that it was tendinitis, that I should continue the stretching and icing and to run twice a week - one short and one long to see how it felt.  Most importantly though he told me to make sure I was cross training to get sufficient cardio exercise.  I rejoined the gym that afternoon and have spent each day at the gym using the rower, the eliptical, the bike and some of the weights that involve using the leg.

On Thursday, we ran from CHSS to the 4K marker and then back.  I intended to run back to the Lester Centre  before returning to CSSS (8K) but decided to return the way I came so about 7K.  The leg was fine (slightly sore) but no problems the next day.  I just ran 14K this morning and between stretching and icing I am hoping that it remains no worse than what it feels like right now - slightly sore but a muscle sore not the tendon pain that I was feeling before. 

I still have a month.  I hope to run 16K next week.  The following week is the Cannery Run and I will run just 10K that week.  The following week I will try 18K and the week after that I will run 10 again before the Victoria half marathon the week after that.  I am hoping that I will be ready.