It's crazy how fast time flies! I remember doing 10km tempo runs thinking, "MAN! Vancouver is SO far away!". In twelve days I'll be taking on my first full marathon. On Sunday, the US Women's Olympic Qualifier occurred in Boston. I woke up late and only caught the 2nd half of the race. As alot of you know, Deena Kastor public stated that she wanted to WIN the qualifier. She was over 2 minutes off the lead at mile 16. She made her move at mile 20 and was able to take the lead at mile 24. I may have teared up a little, but C'Mon! it's so inspiring!
I started seeing a sport therapist to try to loosen up my hips and figure out why my knees been hurting. He loosened up my hips and also my shin muscle. The next day I went for a two hour run on the treadmill. I specifically chose the tready that faced the mirror so i could 'stare down the competition'. After a while I started analyzing my technique and noticed that:
1) my left arm doesn't swim as much as my right
2) neither arm swings 'back' enough. (elbow doesn't raise very high)
3) Left/Right Stride distance is the same, but the power definitely is lopsided to the right
I should be tapering now, but I might be climbing Heart Mountain (hopefully the snow melts) next week. If we go slow enough, the 800m elevation gain shouldn't make me TOO sore. I've had a great winter of hiking up the ski hills with snow up to my waist. I'll be okay...right???!!!
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Oh Allan, you're going to do great! It's so cool to see how you have become so disciplined...very inspiring. Go get 'em!
DO IT!
Make your move!
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