The last couple of weeks
haven’t been the greatest but they haven’t been the worst. My training for the
half-marathon was going well and I was finally getting my long runs back up to
90 minutes. Things seemed to look promising. Unfortunately, a little calf issue
has made me have second thoughts about competing in my local half-marathon. I have decided not to race and will continue to build my base. With cross-country season right around the corner, there is no need to go
hurt myself on the roads and start playing catch up right off the bat once I
get back to school. I think the upcoming x-country season is gearing up to be a
good one (I’m optimistic about this year) after the last couple of sub par
seasons I've had.
On a side note, last Tuesday I
had my wisdom teeth extracted. Being the lucky person I am, I had 6 teeth
removed. Yes, I said that right. 6 TEETH!! The procedure itself went very
smooth and I spent a good portion of the following two days sleeping. During
the recovery, there hasn’t been too much pain since the Dr. prescribed me some
good pain medication but the swelling was another thing. I woke up Wednesday
morning to a different me. With my new look, I received some unnecessary
attention [insert chipmunk joke here…] from family and friends (mainly in the
form of laughter and teasing) but I suppose I would have done the same if I
were in their place. I do have a photo showing just how bad the swelling was,
but I’m going to vote against uploading it for my own sake. Feel free to ask me
to show it to you in person, if you’re in need of a laugh at my expense.
Anyways, I am almost back to
100% after having my surgery and will resume training tomorrow. With summer
winding down, I have 2 weeks of my work left followed by one week where I’ll be
volunteering at my high school’s x-country camp. I am really looking forward to that week! Also, we’re just under 4 weeks
out from my university’s x-country training camp. So I have a little more time
to sneak in some extra base mileage.
Thanks for reading friends,
Dan
