Change of Plans + Wisdom Teeth

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