As I begin training for the Marine Corps Marathon, I will post about how well the training is going. Week 1 will begin the week of July 5th.
For the past 14 days, I have not run at all due to pain in the Achilles region, which is something new I have not experienced before. Knowing that my training for the next 16 weeks will be rigorous, I decided that 2 weeks off will be good and hopefully enough time to recover. But we will see how it goes. This pain slowly came on after the Alexandria Half Marathon, where I pushed a faster pace than I’m used to, for about 9 miles.