Right now, the forecast for Sunday, March 5, is Partly Cloudy with a high of 65°, low of 47° the night before. 20% chance of rain and a mild breeze. That would be wonderful!! Shorts and a T-shirt with sheddable arm sleeves and gloves for the start. I won't get too excited though. Those things change on an hourly basis, hence the obsessive monitoring that will occur between now and then!
On the ankle front, I have been doing PT exercises I learned when I broke my ankle in 2008. This seems to be helping; at least it's giving me something to do! I'm doing forearm strengthening exercises in the form of various bicep curls; one legged squats to keep my glute muscles strong and engaged; and deadlifts to help my hamstrings.
I don't plan to run again before the marathon. I might do some walking next week, but the risk of starting back too soon and reinjuring or further injuring my ankle tendon is high. I think it's higher than the conditioning I might retain by running.
So I'll go and see what happens.
Because I don't have any running pictures from this week, enjoy this picture of my injured horse, Tanna, reaching over his stall wall to steal a bite of hay from his hay net that I haven't hung in his stall yet.
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