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February 07, 2006
WEEK NO. 18
Reason No. 7 for Running a Marathon
All Finishers of the Napa Valley Marathon get a “free� goodie bag!!!
Reason No. 8 for Running a Marathon –
All finishers of the Napa Valley Marathon get a “free� long sleeve “T� shirt. This is not something you can buy – you have to earn it!!!!!
Well, this was anything but a normal training week. With my messed up ankle last Sunday, and the beginnings of another virus of some sort (head cold) on Monday, this week might as well not have even happened. I’ll call it my “rest week�, if there is such a thing in marathon training.
Sunday was all about ice, ace bandages and trying to stay off my left ankle. Monday it was a little better, but still hurt anytime I turned or twisted funny. Tuesday I was able to walk a little bit, and everything felt pretty good.
Wednesday I was able to get in a very gentle three mile run (taking care to have the entire run on dirt, rather than pavement). It was a beautiful, 70 degree day and the run felt pretty good. I kept my ankle taped up, and that seemed to help avoid any pain issues.
Thursday I ramped up a little bit more to 4 miles, out at Bidwell Park - mostly on the dirt trails. I tried to run with the bandage on but that did not work at all - took it off and all was good.
Friday was my “long run� for the week, if you can call it that – 6 miles. Again, life really made it hard to have a good training week – as we left town for three days to go up to Incline Village (Lake Tahoe Area) for a family vacation. It’s really hard to run when it’s twenty degrees outside and icy!!!
So bottom line, my mileage went from a high of 41 miles to 14 miles in the course of one week. My only consolation is that most of my training is done – with less than 20 days until race day, it’s unlikely that anything I do at this point (other that tapering properly) would be able to help my race ability.
Posted by Dennis at February 7, 2006 07:55 PM