TAPER MADNESS!!!!

dot520 wrote:Michele:  here is the real weather for Saturday morning, so far...this is at the start, then it gets a bit windier but still the wind chill stays around 38 degrees for the first 4 hours.

Temperature: 42 °F Dewpoint: 39 °F Wind Chill: 38 °F Surface Wind: W 7mph
Sky Cover: 85% Precipitation Potential: 20% Relative Humidity: 89%
Thunder: <10% Rain: Slight Chance (10%-20%) Snow: <10% Freezing Rain: <10% Sleet: <10%

Nick Morris wrote:

Best weather forecast so far!!!  Hi is now 39 with only a 10% chance of precipitation...so none...and winds are down to 8 mph!!!

This is definitely a recipe for a PR.

Nick Morris wrote:

dot520 wrote:Michele:  here is the real weather for Saturday morning, so far...this is at the start, then it gets a bit windier but still the wind chill stays around 38 degrees for the first 4 hours.

Temperature: 42 °F Dewpoint: 39 °F Wind Chill: 38 °F Surface Wind: W 7mph
Sky Cover: 85% Precipitation Potential: 20% Relative Humidity: 89%
Thunder: <10% Rain: Slight Chance (10%-20%) Snow: <10% Freezing Rain: <10% Sleet: <10%

I think that's a pretty good forecast.  I am thinking good things for you Michele.  Go get it!!

Nick Morris wrote:

Jerry wrote:I'm seriously thinking of racing w ipod

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOyah!!!!!!

Michele \"1L" Keane wrote:I think she was, but he is in China - so my sister in law and Inlaws are headed out in the morning too - only I take a left turn south in Toledo.

Julie wrote:Jim are you running the 50K or 50 miles?

Jim Lentz wrote:

Julie wrote:Jim are you running the 50K or 50 miles?

50 miles.

Mark B wrote:

Jim Lentz wrote:

Julie wrote:Jim are you running the 50K or 50 miles?

50 miles.

Good luck, Jim!

Jerry wrote:Apparently Nick is on the road.

Jerry wrote:Oh sh$t, I will have a perfect weather too, except I am not in perfect fitness.

Nick Morris wrote:

Jerry wrote:Oh sh$t, I will have a perfect weather too, except I am not in perfect fitness.

Good thing half marathons are not a part of your goal of sub 3 and PRing, huh?

Jerry wrote:

Nick Morris wrote:

Jerry wrote:Oh sh$t, I will have a perfect weather too, except I am not in perfect fitness.

Good thing half marathons are not a part of your goal of sub 3 and PRing, huh?

Nick is confident Jerry can't PR in half, even under perfect weather.

Nick Morris wrote:

Jerry wrote:

Nick Morris wrote:

Jerry wrote:Oh sh$t, I will have a perfect weather too, except I am not in perfect fitness.

Good thing half marathons are not a part of your goal of sub 3 and PRing, huh?

Nick is confident Jerry can't PR in half, even under perfect weather.

That's not what I said.  You are saying that you are not in perfect fitness and I know that you want to run sub 3s.  You can PR Jerry...Go out and get it!!

carleenp wrote:OK, no joke on this one. My ankle is killing me! I think I sprained it. No idea how though.  Interestingly I can run on it just fine as long as I have nice even ground. It only hurts (a lot though) when I turn it to the inside. Marathon is Nov. 10. Do I rest it until then? Do I not care since it is fine when running (as long as I run straight, seriously as long as there is no side to side it is fine. One twist though and it hurts like hell) ACK!!!!! 

Mark B wrote:

carleenp wrote:OK, no joke on this one. My ankle is killing me! I think I sprained it. No idea how though.  Interestingly I can run on it just fine as long as I have nice even ground. It only hurts (a lot though) when I turn it to the inside. Marathon is Nov. 10. Do I rest it until then? Do I not care since it is fine when running (as long as I run straight, seriously as long as there is no side to side it is fine. One twist though and it hurts like hell) ACK!!!!! 

It sounds like it may be a particularly noteworthy case of taperitis, especially since you don't remember any traumatic injury.

Keep running, but if it starts hurting during a run and getting worse, it may bear more attention. But ice it after running, just to be safe.

ounce wrote:

Mark B wrote:

carleenp wrote:OK, no joke on this one. My ankle is killing me! I think I sprained it. No idea how though.  Interestingly I can run on it just fine as long as I have nice even ground. It only hurts (a lot though) when I turn it to the inside. Marathon is Nov. 10. Do I rest it until then? Do I not care since it is fine when running (as long as I run straight, seriously as long as there is no side to side it is fine. One twist though and it hurts like hell) ACK!!!!! 

It sounds like it may be a particularly noteworthy case of taperitis, especially since you don't remember any traumatic injury.

Keep running, but if it starts hurting during a run and getting worse, it may bear more attention. But ice it after running, just to be safe.

Pain is your body's way of telling you that something is wrong.  I would not ignore it, but try to rule out causes.  Can you re-create how it begins to hurt?  Does it hurt when you are walking in your running shoes (in case your shoes masks the affliction).  Swelling?  A new pair of street shoes, recently?  If no to all, do some ankle strengthening exercises like:
1.  Rotate your ankle clockwise in a circle 20 times.  Then counter-clockwise.  Then do the other ankle.  Do it twice.
2.  Stand between a doorway and lift your right foot and balance on your left for 30 seconds.  Repeat on the left foot.  Do this three times.
3.  Dangle your foot and imagine you had a pencil between your big toe and 2nd toe and write the alphabet with your big toe.  Do this twice.

If any of this hurts, stop, and put it on ice and seek some help.  If none of this hurts, good for you, then put it on ice and repeat it until Wednesday.

You'll probably be fine for the marathon (or discard the doctor/chiropractor's advice and hope for the best), but it's only a matter of time before it affects your running, because your body will compensate to avoid the pain while running or walking.

Agree on the ice

Michele \"1L" Keane wrote:Ok got it done, now it is time for Nick and Nancy