Catching up

Yes, yes. I have new pictures to post. I'll try to get them up here tonight. We've had a busy week filled with sunshine, rain, snow, Easter crafting, and getting ready for our trip to Oma & Opa's. I feel like I've been running non-stop all week...and oh yeah...RUNNING! I had an interesting week on the training front. I started having some significant pain while running after last week's 16 miler. Shin splints. @#*!. Go ahead, google "shin splints"...basically everything I read said DON'T RUN until they are healed (4-6 weeks). The marathon is in THREE weeks. I freaked out. You know what I did? I looked up the authors of my training manual at the university they teach at and I emailed them. Guess what? They emailed back...with very helpful advice that calmed me down and helped to identify the root of my problem, which turned out to be tennis shoes. It was time for fresh sneakers. I spent three days on rest, keeping ice on my shins, and popping Ibuprofen like candy. Guess what? Sunday (Saturday it snowed 6 inches!) I ran EIGHTEEN miles with almost ZERO pain. This was our last double digit run until April 19. From now until race day our runs will range from 5 to 9 miles, which as you can imagine, are cake walks compared to the mileage we conquered on Sunday.

So, how are you?