With the approval of my physiatrist and physical therapist, I’m hoping to race the Richmond Half November 16th. I still need to see my sports medicine doctor again and plan to keep going to PT, but am feeling hopeful overall. This will be my first fall in a few years without training for a full marathon. It’ll be nice to have some of the time back (no 3 hour long runs) but still get in some time running with friends.

I only ran once on my trip to Austin, but boy did I eat well. I also finally checked out Barton Springs; the cold water is amazing for recovery on a hot day.

 

Once back in NYC, I got to do a longish run during SummerStreets, which got me up to 7 miles with quite a few stops for water, Nuun, and free snacks. I kept bumping into people, which was delightful. I got to run and catch up with several PPTC folks. One such catch-up made the PPTC instagram, thanks to Elle. I wore my cool new Tracksmith singlet since I haven’t gotten to wear it for a race yet. A little concerned that it won’t be singlet weather once I can actually race, but hopefully I can layer it over a long-sleeve.

I managed to get in some cross training, though very much need to keep up with strength and do more regular yoga. I went back to my first barre class in a year or two and had a blast, despite all the push-ups.

 

 

And that brings us up to Week 1 (8/26) of a 12-week training plan for the Richmond Half. More to come!