And then I rolled my ankle at the Tuesday Night Race. It's doing ok, but Wednesday morning it was extremely cranky. Thursday morning it was just sore. Thursday afternoon it only twinged while making circles, and now, Friday after a morning ice session and advil I think I'm ready for my last long run tomorrow. But I did lay off my 7 mile speed workout yesterday to let it heal.
I was coming in to the last 2 minutes or so of the race and I just landed on my ankle completely wrong. I couldn't tell at the time what kind of damage had been done. Too much adrenaline and what not running through the body. And I calculated it out as doing 9:30 mile pace which for any sort of hills is definitely good for me. I went to trivia after the race but I was feeling rather paranoid about not being able to run the marathon. I haven't worked as long for this one as I did the first one, but I have put in quite a few hours and I am really looking forward to trying to beat my time. Perhaps I was overdue for an injury, since I've been basically injury free since I started running over a year ago. I'll be extremely bummed out and disappointed and depressed if I can't run next Saturday but I also don't want to run on an injury and be off exercising for a much longer time. I did not sleep well last night and I know it's because it's been a few days since a good workout.
We'll just have to see how the run goes tomorrow.
In other news my 16 miler last weekend went great. I took Ike out to Kincaid and we did 16 on the trails. But I don't know the mileage of the trails very well so I just did my 8 mile loop which is Margaux, Jodphur and Mize. and then I turned around and did it backwards. Nice combo of up and down, not too much up and up like doing Lekisch. And doing the loop backwards was almost like doing a new trail. Although Roller Coaster is just not much fun backwards. I'd like to learn the distance of the trails out there so I could do more of my long runs. But after the marathon, I think it will snow before I have a chance to do another long run. And here is my main question, why is there not a marathon on the Kincaid trails? I would do it. I think it would be fun. There's enough trail out there you wouldn't have to repeat anything. Maybe next summer I'll just stage one myself. Figure out the distance and spread the word.
All it needs is a catchy name...Last week was tough. I worked 5.5 days. I didn't miss a work out, and I had social engagements for almost every night. I definitely can't keep that up. I have a lot going on right now socially and I have a feeling that that is what is going to disappear, almost completely when Ironman training really hits. I think I can still find time to hang with my friends at least once a week, and see family frequently, but if I am not already in a relationship by then, dating is just not going to happen. Too stressful. Not enough time. Wouldn't be fair.
So one of the big things I'd really like to do before my Ironman comes around is get to a race weight of 145. And I'd like to reach that goal before heavy training starts, since I know from past experience training for my marathon and such that I don't really lose while training. I'm about 155 now, I didn't think I could get below the 160 mark which was my goal that I reached at Christmas. I really struggled maintaining that until June when I somehow managed to control the food cravings and dropped 5lbs over 6 weeks. It comes and goes being able to be in complete control. My wager with Kevin right now is helping me stay at 155, and maybe by the time I go to visit him in Kodiak after the marathon I'll be a couple lighter. I told him I'd abstain from beer until getting there. A feat that is a big challenge with all the available homebrew I have right now. A 6 pack of deliciousness that Micah made and 2 kegs on tap in the garage from Pat. But staying off the beer cuts out a lot of calories. 5 points a beer! That's a 40 minute run! But lighter is faster and more likely to stay injury free. My knees and hips will thank me if I can drop another 10. But here's hoping it comes off the thighs and not the chest. I can't afford to lose anymore from that department. The last 5 lbs I swear came directly off my chest. I'll have negative boobage if I'm not careful.
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