Marathon Weekly Update

Getting easier...

I remember bitching to myself that my maintence runs should be getting easier as I struggled to finish what had been an easy run the previous week. Well, this week I can feel the difference. My Tuesday run wasn't effortless, but I found my rythym much more quickly than I had before and the 2nd mile didn't make me want to quit. This morning's run was good as well. Now if I could just get my shin splint and blister to heal I would be in good shape.

Last night on my way home from a learning disabilities simulation I stopped at Walgreens. I bought a bottle of ibuprofen, athletic tape, a large jar of vaseline, and 4 tubes of lipbalm. I got a strange look from the woman behind the counter, but who cares. I'm keep thing the ibuprofen for post-workout inflammation reduction and a roll of athletic tape for whatever comes up in my desk drawer. I will be diving into the vaseline this weekend. Andy told me that once I hit 8-10 miles I should slather my feet and toes with vaseline before putting on my socks and shoes. This would help reduce friction and blisters. So, once again I'm going to put my trust in Andy, we'll see how it works out.

On a different note, my volleyball team played in the playoffs on Tuesday night. We beat the first team in the 1st and 3rd game, but we fell to the dreaded Nitrous in the finals. They walked away with t-shirts and we went to get drinks. Our setter approached me to play with her on a different team during the next season. I think it will be fun to play amongst others who have played competitive volleyball. I'm going to meet some of them at an open gym tonight and then I will make my final decision.

posted by Heidi @ 10:21 AM