Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Snap out of it!

My negative attitude funk is officially over.

All systems nominal.

After reading your comments and chatting with Hubs, I decided that walking the water stops is the best strategy for me at the Hatfield/McCoy Marathon in June.

The fact is while Galloway Method make sense for a lot of people, I haven't trained that way and I don't want to start now with the race only 6 weeks away.

Tonight I'm going to do 4 miles on the treadmill to give my shin/calf a little bit of a break from concrete sidewalks.

Kind of a boring Tuesday...that's all I have for now!

5 comments:

  1. I've been meaning to ask. You didn't mention anything about shin splints in your race report. Does that mean that they have been doing better since the icing and new shoes?

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  2. It's the weirdest thing...they were completely fine during the race, maybe a little stiff at the start but then totally normal. And as soon I crossed the finish line and started walking/sitting I thought for sure I had a fracture or something. Really painful...and then it went away. Still tight in the mornings...very strange.

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  3. I wouldn't be surprised if the negative feelings came back, but I would be surprised if they didn't leave again. Your progress has been rather epic, after all...

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  4. I don't walk during my training runs. But I DID walk every water stop that I actually stopped at. It was great. It mentally rejuvenated me, and obviously, it was a great physical break.

    Hat-Mc will be even hotter I'm sure so I'd definitely walk it out. Don't look at it like a bad thing--use it to strengthen yourself!

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