Placebo??...

...or just stupid???

On Wednesday my ART guy said I was officially at the point of 'maintenance' therapy, which means appointments only ever 2 weeks as I continue to train heavily and especially as I up my miles for the marathon. My shins hadn't felt so good since early last summer.

And today....my shins are KILLING me. Do you think it is mind over matter, that I had come to rely on the ART and 'believed' it was helping, so it made me feel better?

Or am I just stupid? Stupid as in:

Running 18 miles last week.
Running 8.3 miles as my long run last weekend
Running my first speed/hill workout the same week I ran 18 miles.
Running 7.8 miles this weekend...

all while never getting the insoles or motion control shoes the doc rec commended?


Yeah...I'm going to go with stupidity on this one.

Back to the doc tomorrow, to get scolded, then straight to the running store to get new shoes. I swear. I AM racing next weekend, I haven't been so excited for a long while.

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I've been pretty bummed this weekend on top of the shin pain. Eagleman was supposed to be my first 70.3. It is about an hour from where I grew up, a beautiful part of Maryland where my family vacations, and about 10-15 people from my team, including one of my best friends from my college swimming days, are competing as we speak.

I have them in my thoughts on this HOT HOT east coast day, the heat makes it a little easier to swallow that I'm not there, but I'm still bummed. Makes me so much more committed to getting my body and mind in a good place to complete a half at the end of the summer (with the hope that a work trip that is looming doesn't interfere with the plans...)


....off to see the USA-Argentina soccer game at Giants Stadium tonight, hopefully I don't melt in the heat!