Kind of slackin' on the blog :P

Wow! I didn't realize it had been so long since I last updated the blog! I'm not going to lie...I've been kind of a slacker in a few categories lately. Sadly, they do pertain to running. So if you remember to the beginning of my training I had some knee issues that had to do with my IT Band (muscle). I had been seeing Dr. Morganstein in Walnut Creek and he really helped me out! Within a couple of weeks I was slowly back up to my mileage. Well the problem is that what happened to my right knee back then - has now happened to my left knee. I don't know if I was over-compensating because my right knee was giving me problems or what but I'm almost at the exact same place but with the other knee. Which is kind of scary because my run is coming up soon!! FIVE WEEKS! So not only have I been slacking on the blog, I've been slacking on my running. Not this past Saturday (11/8) but the previous one (11/1) we were supposed to do 14 miles through the Oakland hills. Well when I say Oakland hills I don't mean foot-hills. I'm talking damn near mountain (or at least that's what it felt like-haha) The first 4 MILES were pretty steeply up-hill and my knee felt it then for sure. There were some parts that I had trouble walking up - not to mention that it was raining, muddy, my shoes had about 2 inches thick of clay stuck to the bottom that were making my feet feel like they weighed about 20lbs each and it was 7:15am! Needless to say, I didn't make 14 miles. I actually only ran about 3.5 before I was advised by a very veteran runner to turn around. I ended up doing about 10.5 total but I walked about 7 of it :( The week following that run I tried to run another hill workout without much progress then I took the rest of the week and this past weekend (11/8) off to rest up my leg and get it back into working condition. I was telling Don last night, I had no idea that it was going to be training for a marathon, fundraising, AND trying to get over injuries the whole time. It makes it so much harder. I feel like if it weren't for the knees I would be fine. Regardless, I am going to go see Dr. Morganstein -I am now working on getting my left knee back into good shape and then - it's going to be a BREEZE!! I have reached over $1000 with my fundraising so yay!!! for that. I have slightly over $1000 on my fundraising page as of this morning and with the money I have at home that puts me at about $1500!! almost half way there =) Only problem is - my deadline is in 3 weeks!! So..if you haven't donated yet - PLEASE DO IT NOW!! AHHH ;) Will post more later this week (I promise) about some upcoming fundraisers - yay!