Injuries, MIT and Boston

Wow it has been forever since I've updated the blog-guess I better get on that! :)

I began this year training for a half marathon, but two weeks ago the plan to run the half got nixed by my very first running injury (I've been very lucky!), a strain in a muscle in my foot that makes running or walking very painful. So I'm doing Physical Therapy and exercises at home to get it better as soon as possible and get back to running. For now I'm doing biking and some ellipitical. I'm going to try swimming this week too- although I'm not a strong swimmer I can least get some movement in.

I'm very sad to not be running the race I planned with my friends, but there will be other races and it's important to get an injury healed and not let it nag. I know my friends are going to do awesome at their Marathon- they have all been running so strong this season.

We also had our MIT banquet recently and as always I enjoyed spending time with my running family. I'm incredibly blessed by their friendships.

And now on to Boston- I had several friends who ran the Boston Marathon on April 20. It is HUGE deal to run Boston because you have to qualify to do so. I'm continually amazed that I get to run "with" people who have qualified, run and finished a Boston Marathon- simply amazing. They make me want to run better, to run stronger just by being around them.

So on with healing this foot and getting back to running ASAP, so I can run a strong marathon in the fall. There will be speedwork in my future- one of my friends swears by the fact that her speed work took her from a 10:30/mile pace to a 9:30/mile pace in a year. I would love to go from my 12-12:30 pace to 11:30 or 11:00. But like Jeff says if you want to run fast you gotta run fast.