Saturday, October 4, 2014

oh the possibilities

one more sleep... less than 12 hours from now and i'll be at the start of my first marathon.  i don't really feel nervous.  i am concerned about my hip more than anything else.  mostly worried about hitting a time where the pain is so bad that i can't push through.

 i saw my magical chiropractor (magical as in unicorns and baby ewoks) on tuesday and thursday and he determined that there's something up with my si joint.  a few adjustments both days and some kt tape later and he said he feels i'm about 50% better so that's as good as i can get right now.

i can run through pain with very little fan fair... what concerns me is when it gets to a point of such severe pain that it causes limping and tears.  if i'm 50% better than i was the last time i ran 20 miles then i should be GREAT!  i should be able to finish the marathon with no problem.

on friday (yesterday) i saw my PCP to discuss pain/poop management.  because of my GI issues with NSAIDs i was concerned about what i can take and how to manage the whole issue.  we discussed and pretty much the plan of attack is that i doubled up on the imodium this morning, took another imodium around 4pm today and will take another one (or two depending on how things are working or not working out) tomorrow morning before i leave for the race.  in addition to that i will take an aleve to mitigate any pain i might have from the hip.  hopefully, this cocktail will not backfire on me. only time will tell.

the weather is not going to be that awesome.  it is forecast to be around 36 degrees at the start, but sunny which is nice.  the problem is that i'm unsure about what to wear.  i don't want to be too warm because that will be the kiss of death.  however, if i am dressed in too little that will be bad too.  i've settled on shorts, a tank, and a thin long sleeve with a zip neck so that at least i can open that if i get too hot.  i can also push up the sleeves if i need to.  i'm hoping that i'm warm enough in that and i'm also hoping that i'm not TOO warm.  36 is not warm... but with the sun out it might be perfectly fine.  it depends on so many factors.  if it's windy that will feel colder... i don't know if i should wear a hat... sheesh... i just don't know.   i guess i'd rather be too cool than too warm when running.  it has been my experience that when i've over dressed i've been much more uncomfortable than when i've under dressed so i'm going to go that route.

i just really want everything to go smoothly and take off without a hitch.  if you had told me 2 years ago that i'd be running a marathon i'd have likely laughed in your face and yet... here i am.  i'm so proud of how far i've come.  let's see how tomorrow shakes out...


4 comments:

Unknown said...

Okay, I thought I posted on here, but I guess I'm not good at the blogs. :) I've seen a lot of people wear long sleeve t-shirts in fall marathons and just pitch them to the side of the road after a couple miles. That way you'll be warm before you're moving and who cares if you're out a shirt after a few miles. Think about it. :)

Unknown said...

Oh, and I ran 10 on Saturday on the lakefront and the weather was awesome!

nikki said...
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nikki said...

unfortunately i don't have a "throw away" shirt that i don't care about keeping. it is in the plan to toss my current shirt to a volunteer tho' and hope it makes it to the finish. they have assured the runners that anything we toss to the volunteers will make it to a lost and found area at the finish for us to pick up so there's that...