{"id":127,"date":"2012-04-11T04:28:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T04:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/wordpress\/?p=127"},"modified":"2012-04-11T04:28:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T04:28:00","slug":"marathon-training-day-93118","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/2012\/04\/11\/marathon-training-day-93118\/","title":{"rendered":"Marathon Training: Day 93\/118"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/photos\/blog7\/marathon87b.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On training day #76 I ran 25 km, my furthest distance yet. I was limping afterwards, but since I&#8217;ve been sore before, I didn&#8217;t think much of it. The following morning I couldn&#8217;t put any weight on my left leg and my left knee was tremendously sore. I came downstairs on my butt and parked my butt on the couch. The fear of not being able to run the marathon came upon me and I started to accept the fact that I had injured myself. However, after a morning on the couch with my left knee elevated and covered in a bag of frozen peas, I was able to hobble around a little.<\/p>\n<p>I babied my knee for 4 days and didn&#8217;t run for 8 days making sure that my ligaments, joints, and tendons had time to be restored. Then I went for a 12 km run (pictured above) and felt great! No soreness whatsoever. After chatting with some other runners, I have decided to ease my training to just 3 runs a week which would give my body lots of recuperation time. I&#8217;m learning to listen to my body.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"240\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=d&amp;source=s_d&amp;saddr=Bow+River+Pathway&amp;daddr=51.0489923,-114.1074799+to:Unknown+road&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=Fd8uCwMdWysy-Q%3BFSDyCgMdqdsy-Sl72AmSxG9xUzFrr024XBghCQ%3BFcnmCgMdUUo0-Q&amp;aq=&amp;sll=51.049488,-114.100742&amp;sspn=0.017914,0.044374&amp;t=h&amp;dirflg=w&amp;mra=dpe&amp;mrsp=1&amp;sz=15&amp;via=1&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=51.049488,-114.100742&amp;spn=0.017914,0.044374&amp;output=embed\" width=\"240\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=d&amp;source=embed&amp;saddr=Bow+River+Pathway&amp;daddr=51.0489923,-114.1074799+to:Unknown+road&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=Fd8uCwMdWysy-Q%3BFSDyCgMdqdsy-Sl72AmSxG9xUzFrr024XBghCQ%3BFcnmCgMdUUo0-Q&amp;aq=&amp;sll=51.049488,-114.100742&amp;sspn=0.017914,0.044374&amp;t=h&amp;dirflg=w&amp;mra=dpe&amp;mrsp=1&amp;sz=15&amp;via=1&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=51.049488,-114.100742&amp;spn=0.017914,0.044374\" style=\"color: blue; text-align: left;\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a couple great runs last week, I decided to run the Calgary Bow River Valley Trail with my visiting sister, a fellow running trainee. She ran 16 km. I ran 24 km (see map above). We parked at Edworthy Park in the west and ran east. I ran 12 km to Deerfoot Trail and turned around.&nbsp;It was terribly frosty at the start so I ran with leggings and a light jacket.&nbsp;I was amazed at how little I sweat because of the coolness of the air, but I was even more amazed at how I felt like I could have gone on when I had reached Edworthy Park again. Because I didn&#8217;t sweat, I barely touched all the electrolyte drink I carried. The sights along the path, notably the Bow River, Calgary Zoo, and Downtown, made the run far less weary than a treadmill, so I&#8217;m quite certain I&#8217;ll complete my last three long runs down there. My next long run, the longest prior to the marathon, will be 32 kms. I&#8217;m thinking the 3 hours+ run might take me to Fish Creek Park (one of the largest city parks in the world &#8211; and one I have yet to visit).<\/p>\n<p>I stopped by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runningroom.com\/hm\/\">The Running Room<\/a> last week and picked up a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fuelbelt.com\/s.nl\/it.A\/id.1345\/.f?category=2865&amp;color=35\">Fuel Belt<\/a>&nbsp;with four pouches the I can use to carry my salt\/lemon\/honey concoction. I also purchased two energy gels to try. The last time I tried these was on my <a href=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/009_Bike_Canada.html\">bike trip<\/a> and they were horrible. The two I got, <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.honeystinger.com\/categories\/Energy-Gels\/\">Honey Stingers<\/a>, were great though &#8211; all natural stuff and basically it&#8217;s honey. Who doesn&#8217;t like sucking on honey, especially while running!! Each little packet gives you 120 calories. Since I&#8217;m burning 800-900 calories every 10 kms, I&#8217;ll need a about 3 of these on race day.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, I did some cross-training. It was my last day of spring break and I felt I should make the most of it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"240\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=d&amp;source=s_d&amp;saddr=Bow+Crescent+NW&amp;daddr=51.1018869,-114.2067961+to:51.12318,-114.1992039+to:Citadel+Point+NW&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=FZqOCwMduqwx-Q%3BFb7ACwMdtFcx-SmR8AEty25xUzEx8Vsn6WlpHQ%3BFewTDAMdXXUx-SkBjB6tIWlxUzGXEjAwmTvgng%3BFa90DAMdNZ0x-Q&amp;aq=&amp;sll=51.144356,-114.186616&amp;sspn=0.017877,0.044374&amp;t=h&amp;dirflg=w&amp;mra=dme&amp;mrsp=3&amp;sz=15&amp;via=1,2&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=51.144356,-114.186616&amp;spn=0.017877,0.044374&amp;output=embed\" width=\"240\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=d&amp;source=embed&amp;saddr=Bow+Crescent+NW&amp;daddr=51.1018869,-114.2067961+to:51.12318,-114.1992039+to:Citadel+Point+NW&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=FZqOCwMduqwx-Q%3BFb7ACwMdtFcx-SmR8AEty25xUzEx8Vsn6WlpHQ%3BFewTDAMdXXUx-SkBjB6tIWlxUzGXEjAwmTvgng%3BFa90DAMdNZ0x-Q&amp;aq=&amp;sll=51.144356,-114.186616&amp;sspn=0.017877,0.044374&amp;t=h&amp;dirflg=w&amp;mra=dme&amp;mrsp=3&amp;sz=15&amp;via=1,2&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=51.144356,-114.186616&amp;spn=0.017877,0.044374\" style=\"color: blue; text-align: left;\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, I decided to do some hill training after school. My mom left her car at our place, so I drove it down to Bowness, then ran home. Amber drove me back after supper so I could pick it up. I climbed 175 m over a 9.4 km run making it about a 2% grade total, but half the run was flat, so the pitch was closer to 4% when I was running uphill. Since I didn&#8217;t feel stressed at all during this 60 minute run, I figure I had better find a better hill. Cochrane has a nice one, about 5% for 4 kms &#8230; maybe do that up and down and up and down next week.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve decided that I will not listen to music on my ipod during the marathon. I want the raw experience. Plus, there are bands and cheering groups along the course and it&#8217;s safer to have all my senses fully aware of my surroundings. I&#8217;ll continue to train with it, but I ran without today and it was just fine.<\/p>\n<p>If you asked me 3 weeks ago how I felt about the marathon, I would have bitterly replied that it was the worst goal on <a href=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/121_Life_Goals.html\">my list<\/a>. Ask me today and I am much more positive. I feel great. I&#8217;ve lost 15 unneeded lbs. I enjoy the less frequent, but high quality runs and I greatly anticipate the day of the marathon.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a little bit of the agony. I popped this lovely blister about 3 weeks ago. (sorry for the picture DB)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/photos\/blog7\/marathon87a.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>sterilize needle<\/li>\n<li>sterilize blister<\/li>\n<li>lance blister and thoroughly drain onto tissue paper<\/li>\n<li>apply polysporin to popped blister<\/li>\n<li>wrap a band-aid around toe for 2 days<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On training day #76 I ran 25 km, my furthest distance yet. I was limping afterwards, but since I&#8217;ve been sore before, I didn&#8217;t think much of it. The following morning I couldn&#8217;t put any weight on my left leg and my left knee was tremendously sore. 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