Drama right to the end

I am sitting the Atlanta airport waiting to board the flight to Boston for the Marathon.  I am still having difficulty believing that this is going to happen.

Oh yes...the drama:
Last week on Thursday went for my scheduled 7 mile run, about 3 miles in, I noticed a pain in my right heal. I ran through it and finished the 7 miles. Slowly but I finished. My heal hurt for the rest of the day, but ice and Aleve (my two close friends for the last 4 months) help, and I decided to take a few days off. I missed my Friday run (5 miles)  and my Sunday run (7 miles). Monday I went out and I decided to see how it felt and decide the length of the run as I got out there.

The run ended up being about 4 miles and although I felt some pain, it wasn't bad, but it did hurt for the rest of the day. The whole time I had been thinking about going to the doctor just to see what was causing the pain. After 4.5 miles on Wednesday, my heal hurt pretty bad so I decided to go see the my Ortho guy. I figured if nothing else, I would find out the cause of the pain and maybe get a shot that would make it go away.

Of course it wasn't that easy. The diagnosis was plantar fasciitis...crap. Just about every runner has had this little bastard at one time or another. At least I know what it is. The bad news was that it was too close to the race to get the cortisone shot that would help make it go away. The good news is that it might hurt (I've said all along that this is gonna hurt) but I am OK to run. 

I have decided to stop running and treat the problem between now and Monday. No need to update the training at this point, "the hay is in the barn" as they say.  I feel like I have put in the miles and done the work. Whatever happens on Monday between Hopkinton and Boston is in Gods hands. I am comfortable with that.

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Look for more blog entries over the weekend and THANK YOU all four your support !!!!!!

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