True to my word, I took ten days off from training since finishing the Tely 10 a couple of Sundays ago. One constant in my training programs is I never miss a rest period.
I was eager to get up this morning and jog for 20 minutes on the treadmill just to get my legs moving again; only the 20-minute jog turned into a five-minute jog/15-minute walk thanks to a "welcome back" shinsplint. As if my Tely 10 training wasn't injury-riddled enough.
Besides eating a few things I probably shouldn't have, the time off also allowed me to get caught up on my Runner's World reading and the lessons I'm taking forward are all about positive thinking. Accept the bad days, usurp the good ones, no matter how few and far between they may seem, but most importantly, stay in the moment - from now on, I won't be thinking about the miles ahead, but rather thinking about the next step I'm taking and then the next one after that - all of those steps combined lead to the finish.
Next up on my agenda is a half-marathon in Prince Edward Island in mid-October. I'm committed to getting in the best shape I've ever been in for a long time and participating in the event with 'Team Chancey'.
I can get there. One-step at a time.
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