Runner's Down

Today is a sad day for Mrs. North of Sixty; her goal of running the Calgary marathon on July 8th seems to be slowly slipping away. It hasn't been for lack of will, or lack of desire, just a pesky knee injury that doesn't want to go away

For the last 4 weeks my left knee hasn't been enjoying runs and today a trip to the physiotherapist ended with the suggestion that I postpone plans for an early summer marathon. I'm tempted to ignore the advice and keep going through my training plan, but I'm slightly concerned about the potential long term consequences of that choice. The only advantage of postponing the marathon is that it would let me do more serious training for the Kluane-Chilkat bike relay and the Whitehorse triathlon. I'm going to try to focus my energy on having strong finishes for those two events, and then run the Victoria marathon in October. This should give me a couple weeks to rest my knee and do some much needed physiotherapy.

So, the new goals for the summer are as follows: the completion of an Olympic triathlon (1 mile swim, 40 km bike, 10 km run) in under 3:15; finishing the second half of the Kluane Chilkat in under 5 hours; then completing the Victoria marathon in 4:40. If I can do these three things I will be a very happy (and tired) girl.

Sierra posted this on Apr 10, 2007 from the outside | | permanent link