Today marks the 5 year anniversary of the inaugural Myrtle Beach Mini-Marathon. This also happens to be the 5th anniversary of me running my first half-marathon at this event. It holds a special place in my heart. In spite of that, this year I decided not to run this race because I wanted to focus all my energy on the Myrtle Beach half-marathon in March 2016, and breaking 2:00. Because summer truly about kills me every single year, I decided I would just get through it the best I could, and not torture myself more than necessary, just to feed my ego and run longer distances on Saturdays. This race would not move me any closer to my goal of breaking two hours. If I ran it, it would simply be for the experience of running another half.
As it turns out, this decision saved me about $75. Why? Because in spite of doing all the right training things, my knee is injured. Again. This is quite infuriating. It’s infuriating because when you only run 3 days a week and keep your mileage to under 20 miles per week, when you are careful to buy new running shoes every 300-500 miles, when you build yoga into your weekly workout routine to make you more flexible and balanced, when you do some seriously hard core work to strengthen all the body parts that support you when you run, when you eat a diet full of nutrient-dense food, when you supplement this diet with anti-inflammatory vitamins and minerals like magnesium, turmeric, and glucosamine, YOU STILL CAN GET INJURED! UGH!
As it turns out, this decision saved me about $75. Why? Because in spite of doing all the right training things, my knee is injured. Again. This is quite infuriating. It’s infuriating because when you only run 3 days a week and keep your mileage to under 20 miles per week, when you are careful to buy new running shoes every 300-500 miles, when you build yoga into your weekly workout routine to make you more flexible and balanced, when you do some seriously hard core work to strengthen all the body parts that support you when you run, when you eat a diet full of nutrient-dense food, when you supplement this diet with anti-inflammatory vitamins and minerals like magnesium, turmeric, and glucosamine, YOU STILL CAN GET INJURED! UGH!