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In training, nothing sucks more than knowing that something is wrong. There is that moment that you first feel it and you just think it's nothing... just a pop that will work itself out. You try not to focus on it but it's there, in the background, growing in your mind. Quietly, you start to weigh the pain and decide on your next course of action, "Should I push through? Are you just being a baby? Maybe I should stop and make sure I run another day."

That was yesterday. I was out for a 12 mile run and I could feel a slight pain on the top of my left foot. I had felt this the day before but it was this day that I knew, barely two miles into the run that this was something wrong. Dread filled my body. This pain, more like a discomfort, was taking me down. I hated it. All the past injuries rushed over me and I knew that I would be wrapping my foot repeatedly with ice packs and heating pads... fun.

So here I sit, with the heating pad on and thinking about my future as a runner. I've done 5 marathons with alot of personal success. But maybe it is time to re-think the distance. I am 43 and not that my body held up wonderfully in past training periods but maybe I need to really think about what I am trying to do. Listen, every time I have been injured it forces me to "reset". It's a time that I re-evaluate where I am at and what I need to do to get to where I want to go.

So! Where the f' am I at? I don't know. Where do I want to go? I had hoped for 26.2 in Stroudsburg, PA and I am not ready to give that up yet.

So... I wish I had an answer but I don't. Stay tuned, true believers and send me some love.

Time to switch to the ice pack.