Sunday, June 13, 2010

Unfun run

Yesterday, I was scheduled to run 3 miles, but I only made it 2. I think this was the first time I've ever failed to complete my "long" weekend run (and 3 miles hardly seems long). But it was possibly the most disgusting weather day I have ever personally encountered (excessively warm and humid, the kind of day where you're drenched 30 seconds after stepping outside) and my feet were hurting as soon as I started running. I just don't know how to run when there is sweat-mixed-with-condensation dripping down your forehead and into your eyes and soaking even your most moisture-wicking exercise clothing (too much information, sorry), and your feet are telling you "STOP!" as soon as you start. So I decided to do the same route I did last Saturday instead of the extended route I had planned.

I don't know what to do about my hurting feet. They don't hurt when I'm not running, and in that sense it seems like a "better" pain than the pain I was having from my ankle injury, which would last all day, even when I wasn't on my feet (and which, incidentally, has mostly gone away since I started running again in the crazy shoes). I guess that makes it seem related to fatigue rather than injury. But, I only did one midweek run last week and still it seems it wasn't enough for my feet to have recovered for the Saturday run. This worries me because it seems like it could easily keep me from being able to build up mileage in the way that I will need to if I'm going to run the marathon.

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