So I ran 24 miles this morning. The plan at the beginning worked like a charm...kept it slow... good warm up hit the half way point right at 2:04 and still felt strong. But then came the strange feeling in the left knee and the the tightening... it was a good morning for running the heat we had been having in BR broke to a nice cool morning... I am under a month out from the Marine Corps Marathon in DC and I am becoming increasingly convinced that my goal of an under four hour time is WAAAY out of reach. Things were looking good earlier in the training this summer but It occured to me that my 47 years may simply have run faster than me...I am looking forward to the run in DC but right now I am just hoping to finish the race ahead of the street cleaners.
Oh yeah... that funky feeling... almost certainly the iliotibial band right at the knee... becoming inflamed... never had this on any of the runs so far so ...apparently ... for me 21 miles is where the ye old iliotibial band decides to say "no thank you very much" and if you insist on keeping up this foolishness I'll be reminding you of the error of your ways for the rest of the daym, tonight and well untill I just get tired of hurting you...
All kidding aside .. it does hurt like the dickens BUT the run is for charity... I am running for 25:40 and for the Sonrise orphanage in Rwanda you can check out the fund raising page at http://www.2540.org/Team2540/marine-corps-marathon-2009-e5/fr-mark-turner-m49/
As I sit here on the back porch of our home.. I think about how it was just a year ago that I had come home from being in Rwanda. It seems a long time ago... but the people of Africa and the faith of the Christians there remains such a big part of me...
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