There were 23 entries for the Road ID giveaway. The winner was choosen via random number generator and the number was:
Amy from The Nifty Foodie! Congrats Amy! Send me an email to kristagager@gmail.com and I will send you your prize!
In other news, I have somewhat of a resolution about my foot. Last week my physical therapist recommended I see a sports med doctor to rule out a stress fracture. On Friday I headed uptown to visit Dr. Mark Klion at Manhattan Orthopedics & Sports Medicine. Dr. Klion is a serious athlete so I knew I would be in good hands. He has completed eight Ironman distance races, including Kona in 2000/2001. He also serves as the co-medical director for the New York City Triathlon! I had a great experience there, quick and friendly service, x-ray on site, and no waiting! Dr. Klion inspected my foot and then sent me for an x-ray. I'm happy to report that there was no stress fracture and nothing unusual in the scans. However, we talked about my training and my goals and he strongly encouraged me not to do the marathon this year. Even if my foot was 100% healed, which it's not, I still only had 6 weeks left to train for the marathon. With my longest run to date 13 miles he just didn't think it was safe. So, I took his advice and I've officially decided not to do the marathon this year. I am mega bummed, but it was the right decision.
I didn't have much time to bad sad though because I hopped a plane Friday night and headed to Minnesota to meet my new niece, Berit.
After officially embracing my off-season my workouts for the past week or so looked like this:
Wednesday: sick
Thursday: sick
Friday: airport security in NYC on a Friday afternoon
Saturday: raked and jumped in leaves with my nieces
Friday: airport security in NYC on a Friday afternoon
Saturday: raked and jumped in leaves with my nieces
Sunday: walked in the woods with my parents
Monday: stood and swayed with 8lb weight baby Berit for 30 minutes
Tuesday: elliptical 30 minutes
Wednesday: swimming 90 minutes (~3800 yards)
Wednesday: swimming 90 minutes (~3800 yards)
Last night was my first real workout in more than a week. It felt nice to get my heart rate up. With that said, I really miss running (I never thought I would say that)... But, this is the best thing and maybe it means I will just have to find a spring marathon in some exotic locale. Any ideas?!
7 comments:
Good news that there is no stress fracture! Was it tendonitis?
Ok, I can attest to rocking an 8 lb baby as being a true workout.
Good news about your foot, bad news about the marathon. I'm sure you made the right decision though. Can you defer for next year?
Dropped an email to my NP friend. Maybe I will have better luck than via FB.
Yay for not having a stress fracture!
I think your training plan looks really good this week! Especially the rocking your new niece for 30 minutes... :)
Big bummer about the marathon ... I'm sure it's the right decision for you, though!
The marathon will always be there and you will enjoy the training/racing much more once your foot is 100% healed. Glad you had a good experience with the sports med doc. Hopefully your foot heals ASAP.
That sucks Krista! Not sure if u would be in okay shape for Mardi Gras marathon in Feb...bunch of us are doing it from the Philly area...and a few friends in Nawleans. There is also the Rutgers half in April some of us do sponsored by CGI racing. Get well soon!!
I'm glad it didn't end up being a stress fracture! I'm sorry that you aren't doing your marathon, but there's always another time, right? :)
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