The Day My Body Said, "NO!"
Today was my LAST long run before my full marathon and also the day MY BODY SAID, "NO!!!!" I was feeling pretty fabulous before hitting the asphalt. I'm one month out from my full marathon. I've run 22 miles before. This 20 should be CAKE!!!! Or, so I thought.... About 1 mile in, I had this super strange twinge in my Achilles. As any Macrina/Unsinn kid would do, I ignored it and thought to myself, just run it out. That I did. I ran it out....ran it out til about mile 11 when my Achilles apparently had enough and said, "NO MORE!" It kind of sent this painful sign telling me to stop and startled nearby runners as my stride quickly turned into a less than sweet dance move and no, that wasn't music from my headphones the passers by were hearing. It was more than likely an F-bomb or two flying from my little mouth not realizing how loud it was actually coming out...SORRY FRIENDS! So here I sat.... ...legs stretched out before me. Trying...