The Utah Grand Slam is four different marathons done in a single year. The first of these was the Ogden Marathon, which was last Saturday. I don't know how I got talked into doing this. I guess we'll see if I get through them all.
Pre-race. Mood: Excited and feeling good.
Post-race. Mood: Happy under the circumstances. I was at my goal time until mile 17. My calf injury, that I've been fighting the last four weeks, decided to take over at that point. I didn't think I'd finish but it turned out I only lost 19 minutes.
The aftermath. Mood: Very disappointed. I can't walk without limping, which is discouraging since marathon #2 is in three weeks. And, I feel that if I crippled myself I should have at least got the time I was after. Oh well. The biggest shock was this huge blister I got from the tape that was suppose to help my calf injury. Amazingly, I didn't feel it during the run but I don't think I'll tape my arch again.
1 comments:
I hope you recover quickly. It looks painful :(
You are so hard core to be doing 4 marathons in a year! WOW!
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