Winter Storm Feb 2010

This is what causes Delta to cancel 1000 flights out of Hartsfield (including my flight to CA!)

"Black Fingernails, Red Wine"

This song is by Eskimo Joe, a group from Perth. Hearing it this afternoon took me from my desk in Atlanta up to Cairns, Queensland, over St. Patrick's Day weekend 2007. (Nice that I can take these little trips to Oz whenever I need to!) I was up there for the weekend visiting a dive instructor/triathlete I'd met over Christmas. This song was playing in the car while we drove to a clinic to pick up x-rays from his broken foot (broken while sky diving). Can anyone say adrenaline junkie? I wised up soon enough and ran!

The only good thing about that weekend was meeting a couple from North Carolina that were on their honeymoon. I think I actually spent more time with them that weekend than with the guy. Typical.

Week 9

Well, things have gone a bit pear-shaped with my training. I took weeks 6 and 7 off for my left leg shin splints. Week 8 I started running again, with new shoes. The first couple of runs were okay, but after the long run on Sunday (11 - it was supposed to be 14) I now have even more painful shin splints in my right leg. It is VERY frustrating. I've continued icing and stretching, and wearing the compression calf socks from Olga. I went to Kaiser this morning and got a referral for a physical therapist - my appt is on Thursday morning. I"m pretty sure the answer is going to be stopping running altogether (goodbye marathon) for a while, and hopefully some massage.

I know I should be okay with just doing the half, but I really want to do the full. Aside from my shin splints, I feel great! (I know, that doesn't really make sense...) Group swim sessions started for ATC on Monday and I did a run over lunch and then the swim session, which was great - I love swimming, and I love working out twice a day. But I really need to listen to my body - which right now says to stop walking, let alone running. :(

So I may have to shift focus to a fall marathon rather than a spring marathon. (October in SF is good, I hear!)

But seriously, mentally I'm a more than a bit bummed about my running being impaired. Last week once I started running again I realised how much I missed it in the previous 2 weeks - spin and rowing and swimming just don't take the place of a good run outside. So, I need to get these legs in fighting shape again!