There isn't any real way to sugar coat how tough the early part of this week has been on my confidence. The bombed long run on Sunday really took the wind out of the sail and left me back at the drawing board again, trying to find some answers as to what I was going to do about this run. IT Band Syndrome has been a proverbial "thorn in the side" of thousands of runners and now I am stuck dealing with it as well.
I think the most frustrating part of the injury is that unlike most other medical conditions there is actually an extremely simple & highly affective cure for IT Band Syndrome ... rest. Unfortunately, the cure is the one thing that will prevent me from achieving this goal that I first set for myself 5 months ago, back on a day in late November. This nagging injury really had my spirits in the dumps for Mon & Tues.
After I let myself feel down for a little bit, I starting thinking about what the ultimate goal of all this training has always been ... "To Complete the Boston Marathon". As this is my first marathon, when I set my goal I didn't include a time since I didn't know what to expect. No matter what the clock says when I cross the finish line on Boylston, it will ultimately be my PR (running lingo for "Person Record" or best time). Furthermore, from the beginning I have said that I was going to do this race no matter what ... if I have to run, jog, trot, walk, hobble, limp, crutch or crawl ... I am lining up on the starting line in Hopkinton and will make it to Boylston. It probably won't be as smooth as I first pictured it in my mind back in November, but it will happen. Time to get back at it.
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