Marathon Updates

I set out to blog about my marathon training experience and as you can see… I've been slacking. Not only has life been insanely busy, but at some point I stopped having super interesting things to say.  Here is what a typical day is.

• Wake up
• Go to work
• Run
• Eat dinner
• Go to bed
• Repeat

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 But now seems like a good time to update everyone reading in the blog universe J

Let’s see… I’m nursing my first “injury” of marathon training. I knew it was bound to happen… I've had SO MANY problems with my right foot over the years so it was only a matter of time.  Thankfully it’s really not a huge deal.  I was starting to have pain along the top of my right foot a few miles into every run, and at the end of long runs it ends up getting pretty swollen. Honestly I wasn't going to do anything about it, but a good friend convinced/forced me to go see an orthopedic doctor at the same place he gets treated.  Turns out it’s just a pretty bad case of tendinitis. Yay? Treatment is daily doses of Ibuprofen and ice after every single run.  In fact they gave me QUITE the contraption to use.  It’s basically a boot made of ice cubes that you just keep in the freezer. I wear my boot of ice every evening and it seems to be helping. (Thank you Excel Orthopedics!)  My favorite part of the appointment was the following exchange:

Me: It doesn't really matter what you tell me it is.  I’m still going to do the marathon.

Doctor: I know. You people are all the same.

HAHAHA. So that was that.

I did hit a HUGE milestone last week that I’m super excited about.  That’s right… I hit my $4,000 fundraising goal!!! So psyched about that.  For those of you that don’t know how the marathon charity program works…. Runners commit to raising a certain amount… in my case $4,000.  When we sign off on that commitment we give them our credit card and by Marathon Monday if you haven’t hit your goal then CHA CHING! Your card gets charged for the difference.  So reaching $4K is a huge weight off my shoulders.  I still have one more big fundraiser coming up with my band… so all funds raised now are just extra for the MS Society which I am really happy to be able to do! Thank you to each and every person who has donated so far! I really can’t express how grateful I am J

Another big milestone is fast approaching.  It’s tradition for most of the charity teams in Boston to do their 21 mile training run together on the actual marathon route.  That run is coming up on March 29^th.  We’ll all meet in Boston and then get bused out to Hopkinton to test ourselves for 21 miles. Yikes. After that we start to taper down, and then a few weeks later my most favorite thing… CARBO LOADING.  Bring on the bread and pasta.

I’m feeling ready. I’m feeling nervous. And I’m no longer sleeping through the night because I keep having Marathon dreams.

LESS THEN 6 WEEKS!

xoxo
Ash

"We choose to run for those who sometimes can't."

I am running the 2014 Boston Marathon on the Marathon Strides Against MS Team! To make a donation to help end Multiple Sclerosis please visit my personal fundraising page:  http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR?px=12612971&pg=personal&fr_id=22897