So decision has been made. With two decent 16 milers and an 18 miler run under my belt, I’m not going for another 18 mile run. I’m going to carry on following my plan and so I’m now starting my taper! It couldn’t come soon enough really. Someone told me at the beginning that running the marathon was the easy bit – it’s the training that’s a killer (and they weren’t wrong!)
Anyway, back to tapering. The decision to just keep to my plan was based on:
- My body is protesting. Foot aches. Luckily, it’s probably not the dreaded plantar fasciitis but an inflamed posterior tibialis. Now taped up with strict instructions not to do any back to back runs, do lots of stretching and icing after a run.
- My left leg has decided to ache today. What’s that all about? Haven’t run for two days and it’s been absolutely fine! I wake up on the day of the run and it hurts 🙄
- A DNF is infinitely better than a DNS so I’m not going to push it but manage it as best I can to just get to the start line! 🤞
- Apparently, just as long as your body can cope with running for 3 1/2 hours then you have a good chance of finishing. At the moment that is my only goal…to finish!
So, tapering has started, once again in more ways than one! Touch of de ja vu if you ask me: Tape-ering!
A big thank you to the lovely Louise from Louise’s foot clinic for some very sound advice and great taping to get me there in three weeks time!
Now, just a matter of a 9 miler today…wish me luck 🤪
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