A Not So Rude Awakening
It has been a week since the injury and I am happy to say that it is healing nicely. I have 86ed the black boot since I felt like I was getting no support, and I think doing more harm than good. I have been wearing my trail running shoes because they have good support thanks to the shoe and the Power Step insole. Trail shoes are also stiffer in the sole and I think that has been helping when I walk. Sometimes the pressure on the top of my foot is a little painful so I have been untying my shoelace when I am sitting at the desk. I think I am going to hold off on running this weekend, but I plan to try to start my training as scheduled on Tuesday.
I am really excited to start this training. Gary has written a training schedule for the marathon that looks so good! I am so grateful that he is so knowledgable about running, and good with writing programs. If I had to do it myself I know it would not even be half as good, and I probably wouldn't stick to it as I know I will with his. I only missed one workout from the Tecumseh Trail Marathon program, and that was the night before the race. We were tired from driving. I must say it's really nice to have a husband for a coach. :)
As I was laying in bed this morning still not wanting to get out of bed after the 8th time the alarm I started thinking about how next week the alarm would probably be going off an hour earlier. Right now it goes off around 6:10, 6:20, 6:30, and this morning 6:40, 6:50... I am undoubtedly one of the worst at getting out of bed. I don't know why but it is like trying to wake the dead, no matter how much sleep I get. Not only is it difficult to get me out of bed but I tend to be crabby, irritable, and just plain mad at the world. I'm sure my husband will attest to this fact. Unfortunately he is the one I always take it out on. Part of my grumpiness I contribute to the fact that I am waking up to go to work, which is something that, to put nicely, I don't particularly enjoy. However, as I was grumbling around this morning I was thinking how next week I will be getting out of bed for a different reason...to run. This seems to me a much better reason to get out of bed than to go to work. Hopefully, though an hour earlier, the awakening will be much less painful. Then after my run I will feel refreshed and energized and maybe even have a better attitude about going to work. Maybe???
I am really excited to start this training. Gary has written a training schedule for the marathon that looks so good! I am so grateful that he is so knowledgable about running, and good with writing programs. If I had to do it myself I know it would not even be half as good, and I probably wouldn't stick to it as I know I will with his. I only missed one workout from the Tecumseh Trail Marathon program, and that was the night before the race. We were tired from driving. I must say it's really nice to have a husband for a coach. :)
As I was laying in bed this morning still not wanting to get out of bed after the 8th time the alarm I started thinking about how next week the alarm would probably be going off an hour earlier. Right now it goes off around 6:10, 6:20, 6:30, and this morning 6:40, 6:50... I am undoubtedly one of the worst at getting out of bed. I don't know why but it is like trying to wake the dead, no matter how much sleep I get. Not only is it difficult to get me out of bed but I tend to be crabby, irritable, and just plain mad at the world. I'm sure my husband will attest to this fact. Unfortunately he is the one I always take it out on. Part of my grumpiness I contribute to the fact that I am waking up to go to work, which is something that, to put nicely, I don't particularly enjoy. However, as I was grumbling around this morning I was thinking how next week I will be getting out of bed for a different reason...to run. This seems to me a much better reason to get out of bed than to go to work. Hopefully, though an hour earlier, the awakening will be much less painful. Then after my run I will feel refreshed and energized and maybe even have a better attitude about going to work. Maybe???
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