update: yes i am still here...preparing for slc half

Okay so the last time I ran before my injury peaked and I finally stopped running and went to see a podiatrist was Tuesday February 9th. Today is Tuesday April 13. Six weeks after I was "grounded" from running I went out again for the first time. It was like stepping onto the ice of a frozen lake, hoping it wasn't going to break. Well, I didn't break I was okay. I was running. Sure I'd listened to the Doctor and went running at the high school track, where I could take advantage of the spongy track. It was so nice. I took it really easy. Nice and slow. Four times around the track and then I stopped. The hardest thing about overcoming my injury has been stopping myself when I could have just keep on running. But I feel that I have prepared my body for a steady continuation of healing with my choices.

I have been slowly building up my mileage again and I have continued to cross train with biking, swimming and yoga. I am now four days away from running my first half marathon and I get quite nervous from time to time. I'll get a little butterfly or two in my tummy and feel a bit queasy even at times, yet I am totally excited and I know that I will be able to finish the race no matter what the time and whether or not I'll have to walk some of it. I am totally prepared to listen to my body and respond accordingly. There is one thing I do not wish to do, and that is to hurt myself even further. This half is about finishing what I started. My next half will be about improving my time. I think I'm going to choose the Provo River Half Marathon, more to come on that note.