Less than two weeks until the Rock-n-Roll Las Vegas Marathon and I have a concern. After going the entire year injury free I have a pain. It’s not a sharp pain but there’s something up with my right ankle/shin. It occurred after my Friday tempo run and is still bothersome two days later. It’s not the same ankle I rolled last year – 3 weeks before I ran the Las Vegas Half Marathon.

I have run more this year but I’ve spent extra time making sure that I’m taking care of myself to account for the extra mileage. My worst fear would be the beginnings of a stress fracture. With Las Vegas coming up and the Walt Disney World Marathon a month after – I’m treading lightly on this one.

Taking the advice that I usually give, I’m going to take some days off and see how it goes. I’ll throw in a 7-8 mile run in a couple of days and make up my mind where to go from there. Physically I’m ready. I’ve done the work and can probably afford to taper a little early and still be OK.

I can positively tell you with 100% certainty that I WILL BE running both races. At this point and time it’s just a matter of how much pain I will be running them with.

RMFR

Tags: Rock-n-Roll Las Vegas Marathon, Walt Disney World Marathon

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