An easy 5

After two days of  rest and a great sports massage from Janet at the OC Spa, I was ready to get back to running.  I am following my own interpretation of the Jeff Galloway Program.  I bought the book 15 plus years ago and am following the recommended training program in there for the "just finish" goal.  I completed the 1996 Marine Corp Marathon by training according to his schedule and plan to do the same this year.  His program is built around the premise that running followed by one minute walk breaks prevents injury.  During the past 15 years I have been no stranger to injury with many bouts of plantar fasciitis and chrondomalacia, read unhappy feet and unhappy knees, and so the emphasis on running injury free resonates with me.

This past Spring I was training for the Cherry Blossom 10 miler and was feeling great.  It was during one of my long training runs for this that I felt so good a little voice inside my head said, "maybe I could run another marathon!"  Training for a marathon is a very self indulgent process and the only way I could justify it to myself was to marry my annual Team Fox fundraising efforts to the Marine Corp Marathon.  If I am being a good daughter by raising money for Team Fox then I won't feel as bad about taking this much time away from my husband and kids.

So today was an easy five and the only thing that hurt were my angry big toes.  They both have blisters and hurt badly underneath the nail.  I am not sure what this means, but when I get home from vacation I will look it up in my Galloway book!