[S]he Conquers Who Endures

Went to an injury screening yesterday to be sure I do in fact have piriformis syndrome and no hamstring issues. Turns out I have a bit of both. Fortunately the problem with my hamstrings is that I'm getting a significant buildup of adhesions, and I know the reason. I just can't seem to find a decent massage therapist in Cambridge/Boston. I've gone to 5 different ones in the past month and a half. I need trigger point! I was sticking with Massage Envy, but now thinking I should just drop some Benjamins and go to some higher quality places. The physical therapist said I should be getting 3 massages a week to break these suckers up initially!! Luckily, I had a 1.5 hour massage lined up with my awesome massage therapist in Chicago right after the appointment. He was very surprised with how bad my adhesions got but did a great job breaking things up. So happy I had this lined up the day before my 22 miler!!

Onto my long run. I was supposed to run 7 miles early and meet up with my friend for the final 15. Got to the path ahead of schedule and realized I forgot my running shoes of all things! Got my shoes, and was able to get in 3 miles before meeting my friend. I decided not to hold back as much as normal on my long runs. My friend and I were scooting along at a comfortable pace chit chatting. I was a little oblivious of the pace and wasn't really checking my watch, but she kept calling out our paces. "Woa, were going 7:59...7:52! Maybe we should slow up for the middle of your run?" She felt good after her 15 miles, and joined me for 3 more miles. Mile 21 was pretty tough, but mile 22 was easier than 21! My GPS is always off quite a bit on this route so I always recalculate my pace based on the watch time and mile markers after the run. 8:03 min/mile average pace for 22 miles!!! Holy cow, I may just BQ in January!!!!