11 days and counting!

This past week I have been concentrating a lot of my injuries. I hate that past injuries show their ugly face weeks before my race. I continue to see the chiropractor once a week for my high arches and for my shoulder. Everyday my foot continues to get better and this past Saturday was my first test to see if my foot is ready for the race.

Saturday we had swimming practice in the San Francisco Bay! Yes, the bay. I was super pumped about it and most of my team was fearing it. The water was cold, I will admit that but nothing like I thought it would be. It was very different swimming in salt water for the first time in my wetsuit. I felt like I could really glide through the water when I first started out to the first buoy. But to my surprise I was catching the current on my way out.... once I turned around at the buoy the current got rough and I drank a lot of salt water..hehe. It seems like it was only around the first buoy did the current throw off my swim. After the swim, we switched into our running gear for an 80 min run along the coastline. I had the hardest time transitioning into my running gear after the run. My body was so numb that I couldn't function very well...hehe. But once I started heading out it was all good.

For the run I did 2 min jog and 1 min walk. My doctor told me to take it easy with no running at all but a light jog/walk combo will do. The run was very successful. I didn't have any pain in my foot until the last 10 min of the run coming back. So at least I can run about 70 mins without pain. That should be enough for my race... expect the race is purely hills and there were no hills on this course. So we will have to see how things go.

Now with only 11 days left and counting I am starting to get really excited and anxious about the race. I feel like I have so much to do before the race and I don't want to forget anything! This Saturday is our last big Saturday practice before race day. I think after that is when I will start having some anxiety about the race.