Another change of plans
So I was meant to be running the Boston Marathon today (that’s Boston, Lincolnshire, UK, not Boston,MA, US)
I know there’s a good few weeks of training logs missing (which I will backfill?), but it had been going well with a couple of solid 20+ mile runs and a new PB at the Retford Half Marathon.
Then I hit 2 weeks of travel. A week on holiday in Iceland, and then a work engagement at the MS MVP Summit in Bellevue, WA. Managed to keep the running up while out there with a very cold hard21 miles around Reykjavik and a couple of shorter ones in Bellevue.
That was until a run on the last Friday of my trip. The plan had been for a 18 mile run from Bellevue, across the bridge to Seattle, run down through Viretta Park and back across the bridge to Bellevue (I’ll do a post soon on how I find running routes when I’m abroad)
All way going ok till I hit Kurt’s Bench at about mile 11
All energy just dropped from my body. I’d had a reasonable amount to eat before I came out, and a passable night’s sleep. Plus I’d been gelling as I went along. Tried to push along a bit further, but even an emergency pitstop at an ever present Starbucks couldn’t revive me.
Called a cab and accepted that this run just wasn’t going to be.
At the time I just put this down to a week of good but not so healthy food at a conference and my body clock being 7 hours out from it’s comfort zone
Unfortunately things didn’t improve when I got back the UK. Pain at the back of my right knee which wasn’t too bad, but my next long run all energy went at about the same distance, I limped the last mile and a half home feeling really rough.
At that point with 2 weeks to go till Boston, I decided applying for a deferment was the best option. Been to the doctors as well and waiting for some blood test results just in case it’s something worth worrying about.
I think I could have probably gotten around Boston today, but it would have been painful and wiped me out for some of the things I’ve got coming up. Comparing the fun levels, I think I’m looking forward more to things like Kinder Downfall, Woodhouse Challenge, Tigers Trail and just getting out to the hills as the weather improves
[…] March/April had a bit of a dip. The day after the Retford Half we flew out to Iceland for a holiday, and then a week later I flew on to Seattle for work. I tried to ramp back up too quickly with a freezing 20 miler around Reykjavík the morning before my Seattle flight, and then abother 21 miler around Belleveue and Seattle which ended up with me Ubering back to the hotel. The lethargy never really lifted when I got back to the UK, so I changed plans and took a break and dropped out of the Boston (UK) Marathon. […]