About to enter my 4th week of pre-training - on Monday this week I ran 3 miles non-stop and walked a mile. It felt great except for this issue in my right foot that I have had for sometime. I think it is a neuroma (from my highly reliable internet search - ! - ?) - feels like a pebble or marble in the ball of my foot, high up between the base of my 3rd & 4th toes (I think - hard to pinpoint) - at any rate, I start to get numbness and downright pain after a couple of miles of running. So - tomorrow morning I finally have a foot doctor appointment and I will, hopefully, find out what it actually is!
Meanwhile - it is getting pretty steamy in the mornings around here! Today, because of extenuating circumstances I did not get out this am, so running will have to happen later. My plan is to continue running 30 minutes straight this week, then add 5 minutes each week until I get up to 45 minutes. Then, I will run 45 minutes 3 times a week and 1 hour once a week until the REAL training starts in October.
Yes - I am hoping to drop some more pounds during this process! But - I am just going to keep with my eating routine which is most days being a "weight watcher" with one "celebration" (eat whatever I want) evening a week. I have been maintaining my 20 pound loss from last Fall since November, but in reality would like to drop about 10 more. I have heard that marathon training is not necessarily a weight-loss season, so I will try not to obsess over that! Just want to enjoy life, which means, for me, enjoying delicious food!
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