New York Marathon - Entry Confirmation!

Posted by admin | April 29, 2008 .

It is official! I got my guaranteed spot in the 2008 NY Marathon! Problem is, I probably won’t recover from my knee injury in time to run it. I don’t know, it is touch and go. I can barely do a mile right now without suffering pain in the right knee. It is so frustrating, because I want to start training so badly, but it is impossible right now.

I am keeping my fingers crossed that the leg strengthening work I am doing, glutens and quads, will at least give me the strength to carry the distance. Whether or not I can actually start running in time is a different matter. I ought to be covering at least 20 miles a week at this point and I am nowhere near it. Still, gotta keep plugging away.

Mind over matter and all that…

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Mister Tan May 12, 2008 4:39 pm

Congrats on getting in … but sorry to hear about the injury. If you live in NYC, have you considered deep water running? I tried it out after an injury a couple years ago; the NYRRs have a course. You’ll not get the pounding you want your legs to get acclimated to, but you can get a decent aerobic workout! At worst, you can defer your entry to 2009 and train properly, right?