Total Distance So Far: 118.0 miles
Saturday morning we had an 8 mile run scheduled starting at OMSI and wandering into the NW 23rd area and back to OMSI.
Val and I met up there, and started our run strong... all the way up to the Steele Bridge. We got to it just the same time the bridge was being raised to let a barge through. We opted to wait around for 15 minutes for the bridge instead of going up and over the Steele Bridge like a lot of the other TNT runners. Eventually the bridge was lowered again, and we continued on our way.
We had a little trouble with some of the directions, I kept forgetting to look at the streets, so, for instance, we turned on 19th instead of 15th to go from Thurman to Raleigh, and we went up to NW 24th St before turning right instead of turning on 23rd. We were giggling about it, as were the other runners who were actually following the directions correctly and we kept popping back up on the correct course. All in all I think the distance was the same since NW portland is pretty much on a standard grid.
We turned around at Thurman and NW 28th back the way we came, and did MUCH better at following the directions on the way back.... however at approximately 6 miles into the run, my knee painfully froze up on me again, and my run was effectively finished for me. Sad. Val walked back to OMSI with me. She was doing this 5.5 mile extreme scurry race (race over rough terrain, across streams, etc) on Mt Hood today and wanted to save her energy for that, so she didn't mind not doing the full 8 miles.
The good (I hope) news is, I FINALLY have my first orthopedic specialist appointment scheduled for Wednesday this week (it's taken over a month to get it), so HOPEFULLY things are just going to get better with my foot/knee from here. I'm super intimidated by my running injury now, cause if I can't even go 8 miles, there is NO WAY I'll be able to do the next group run (12 miles), let alone 26.2 miles in Oct.
sad. frustrated. disappointed in myself right now.
I think the worst part was when my knee seized up yesterday morning, I wasn't even breathing hard. I wasn't exhausted, I wasn't done running yet.
stupid knee.
Run, Jacqueline, Run!
About Me
- jacqueline
- Portland Metro Area, Oregon, United States
- I've been running (and blogging about it) since April of 2007. I'm still fairly new to the activity, but I'm rather enjoying it!!
3 comments:
I did 5 mile walk on Friday, then a 12 mile walk on Sunday. My time is still slow..about 17 min/mile. As mentioned earlier, the temp around here is 100+, so on both days, I got up at 5 am to walk. I did okay.
I am so sorry to hear about your knee. Let's see what your doctor has to say, heh?
yes, this is an exciting week for me actually, cause I actually feel like seeing the orthopedic specialist will help me make progress on my sport injury.
I'm so frustrated that I'm no longer "pushing my limit" on the long runs, as I'm not exhausted or rubber-legged when I'm forced to stop my runs, which is what I SHOULD feel after my long runs.
If I can get my knee to stop seizing up, then I can go a lot further I think.
Oooh, well, I hope the specialist makes it better, at least. Although running a marathon is extremely rough on your body, so you'd expect stuff to go a bit weird when you start up. At least the doctor said you could continue running, though, so that's good.
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