Its been a week since my last run. Had planned on doing a 10k run on Saturday but my weekend was way too happening to squeeze it in.
Post my 8k run last Tuesday, my foot has been feeling a little strained so the unplanned rest was actually a good thing. It feels ok now so I could probably run tomorrow but I think I'll skip it - just to be on the safe side. Funny thing is that the foot started acting up just when I was feeling confident about it and had registered for the the Chennai Marathon.
I am concerned that if I continue with my training as planned - even at the low weekly mileage at 3 times a week, I could end up injuring my foot badly and having to take several weeks off running. I'm cutting my runs down to once a week so it gives my foot enough time to recuperate after every run and fill the rest of the week with cardio & strength-training exercises. Its far from ideal but its the only way I can think of by which I could still run the half marathon relatively injury-free. The runs will be long, slow distance runs to build & maintain endurance which is the most important requirement for finishing a marathon.
Given that I will be doing any tempo runs or speed training runs, I will have to focus on finishing the run in whatever time and not worry about beating my PB.
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