Race day coming up

Our last long run was at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, we ran 6 miles. I have been harboring some injuries in the past couple weeks, so I am compensating some other parts of my legs to make up for the injured parts! It was the right calf, then the runner's knee, then the right achilles and now the left ankle... :(

I did a run-walk this time and think will use this strategy on the race day. Quite anxious about completing it within the time limit!

Oh well, I will just enjoy the race, the crowd, the cheer and the beautiful course in the city! :-) As my close friend (Renu) simply put... "Go enjoy the race and paint it red" Thank you everyone for your kind wishes and support, I am blessed to have you all.

Until later, take care and happy running.
 

Waka Waka @Crissy Field

11miler was at Crissy Field (San Francisco) this weekend. It is a beautiful course which covers part of the official San Francisco marathon course. Pretty view of the golden gate bridge, the bay, alcatraz, passing by the Ghirardeli square and the city. Perfect weather (no sun) for running and what gorgeous views!

I was deeply immersed in the beauty for the first half of the run, it felt awesome, until I started running out of energy after about an hour and a half and felt exhausted, so my running buddy (Nupur) and I took a break to eat a piece of banana but that didn't quite help so we had GU a the next water stop and felt much better with the carb and sugar rush. Note to self: need to eat and hydrate well throughout the week and have proper breakfast before the run.

Achilles started bothering more during the last 3 miles, but I still kept running with some walk breaks in between but the last mile killed me... a shooting pain developed in the achilles and Swamy stopped me from pushing myself and Satya loosened my shoe laces :-) I noticed that my form had distorted badly and thus ended up hurting pretty much most my body parts badly including the back, it was time to take it easy, so I walked off the last mile. No, I didn't finish strong this time :-( but some lessons learnt, hope to incorporate them the next time. Interestingly the runner's knee didn't occur this time around.

The treat at the finish was samosa, jalebi, chai and dance to Waka Waka! What else can one ask for after a tough but beautiful 11mile run. Thank you all lovely volunteers to make this fun and happening! 

D-day coming up in less than a couple weeks... Time for a massage and get rejuvenated to experience the fun. Until later, stay tuned...

MIA

I have been missing in action for quite some time now... The last long run (6miles) didn't feel too good because of stiff legs and the whole body didn't have a good feeling. The achilles bothered quite a bit throughout the run, so I did run-walk for most of it (I hate stopping while running but couldn't help this time) I developed a runner's knee and quite a few other leg injuries, so have been taking it easy and trying to cross train to strengthen those weak parts. Have a 11miler coming up tomorrow, I hope to be well rested and better prepared.

More updates coming up. Until later, Sayonara!