For the past week or more, I’ve been having problems with my left big toe. Every since Friday’s long run, my toe has been as purple as the shirt I wore on my run this morning:
I think that my toenail is ingrown, and unfortunately now infected. It hurts A LOT when I run, and if I touch area around the nail. I’m heading to the doctor at 1:00pm to make sure that running isn’t going to cause gangrene or something, and possibly get it taken care of. I would hate for a stupid piece of nail to affect my marathon training!!
I decided to get in a good “last run” in case they have to surgically remove my toenail (which Jason had to have done, and was off his foot for two weeks!!) Gaaah!
I had a 7.0 miler on my marathon training plan, and there was no way I was letting it pass me by. I like to think I’m hardcore. 😉
Mile Stats:
- Mile 1: 9:30 (warm-up)
- Mile 2: 9:00
- Mile 3: 8:47
- Mile 4: 8:42
- Mile 5: 8:46
- Mile 6: 8:47
- Mile 7: 8:36
Woo hoo! I finished with an average pace of 8:52 min/mile! If my toe falls off, I will die happy after that run. Ok… just kidding.
Breakfast
I was extremely hungry after my run, even though I had half a CLIF bar moments before I walked out the door.
Cereal and yogurt sounded refreshing, so that’s what I made!
My bowl included:
- small container vanilla Oikos yogurt
- 1/2 cup Kashi go Lean
- 1/2 cup Kashi heart to heart cereal
- banana
- 1 TBL flax
YUM!
Ok, wish me luck!
I have another exam tonight, and the Doctor’s appointment. I am crossing my fingers that there is something they can do for my toe that won’t keep me from marathon training. I’m half way there!
❤ MegaNerd
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