Meet my foot's best friend for almost the entire duration of my half marathon training for the Rock N Roll USA in DC - Cyro Freeze Ice Pack. It's re-freezable, and I can re-shape it to contour the bottom of my darn PF stricken foot. My PF doesn't hurt all the time...only when I'm walking barefoot on our wood floors, and sadly when I run straight beyond 5 miles at my normal 10:30 min/mile pace. If I keep my pace slow-er, it doesn't feel too bad. Training for this race hasn't been very consistent, as I've had to take some days off from running and cross training due to PF and my kids getting sick. I don't feel as prepared as I did for my first half, but oh well, c'est la vie.
I'm actually thinking about running this race (oh which, by the way, is in a week and a half) using a run/walk method. Nothing fancy, just thinking about running 2 miles to each water stop, walk through the water stops, drink, stretch the foot, and then run to the next water stop and do the same.
Do you think that's a good idea? I've never done the run/walk method for any race, but a friend suggested it since my foot might not be able to last all 13.1 miles of running. I certainly don't want to injure myself to the point where I can't train for my first full marathon (MCM) in October. I would appreciate any advice!
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Run/walk sounds like a great race plan. You might want to practice it a couple times with some shorter runs, but it should work well for you.
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Hi Marie, the run/walk sounds good to me...it's become my regular practice now and even before I was injured I never lost any pride because I would walk for ONE MINUTE in the middle of a TWO HOUR run. As you know, I say run when it feels good, walk when you need to.
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