This morning marked the end of the fourth week of training for my first marathon. Saturdays are always the long run day, and today I put in 11 miles. It’s not the longest I’ve ever run (that’d be 13.1 – the Half marathon I ran in Charlotte last year), but it’s the longest I’ve run in quite some time. It went well and my heart rate and pacing were both on target.
This week I finished with 30.5 miles and started feeling the hints of some nagging pain in my right knee and left foot. I’m not too worried about it because I’m stretching A LOT and also using a foam roller. I think it’s just my body adjusting to the increase in mileage, and it’s probably time to look into some new shoes. The ones I’ve got now are closing in on 400 miles, and that’s about the limit for me. Some of the pain could just be my body telling me to buy some more.
