2 steps forward, 1 step back

I think I should just get a knew knee (yes, I purposely spelled it that way).  I’m back doing some more shots because it was hurting again, and I was sick for a few days, so I lost about 2 weeks of training.  I very rarely get sick, so that was a new experience, but the whole knee thing just caps it off.  Get it, cap, like knee cap?  Tonight was my speed workout and I was supposed to do 2 miles at a 7:08 pace, do another mile at a 8:30 pace, 2 more miles at the 7:08 pace, and then another mile at the 8:30 pace.  But that didn’t happen.  I did do a mile at at 7:30 pace, a recovery mile, and another mile at the 7:30 pace, a recovery mile, and then one more mile at about a 7:45 pace.  I really struggled with the whole thing, and it’s affecting my mental state of mind.  Well not really because my mind isn’t even in this state.  I can’t remember where I left it.  So anyway, the Colfax Marathon is less than 3 weeks away, and I hope to be able to get back somewhat to where I should be.  We’ll see what happens, and if it seems like I’m still struggling, then that’s okay.  I really like my training and the fact that I targeted a half marathon instead of a full.  I would be upset if I was training for a full, and this all happened, but the fact that it happened during my training for the half, it just doesn’t seem as bad.

About Dave

I was diagnosed with MS about 8 years ago and I am one of the lucky ones. I don't have too many problems associated with it, and the disease has actually slowed down. I took up running 6 years ago just to see if I could do it. So far I've run 7 marathons in 5 years and 18 half marathons.
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