JDF, heal fast! It's got to be aggravating not to be able to run. Did the chip cause your injury?

Bob--it was actually a 13-mile MP run with 2 mile warmup and cooldown. I'm doing it out of Daniels' marathon plan, although I'm going to back up since I was at 10 weeks out (from Umstead) and now I'm at around 17 weeks out, so I'm moving back from phase 3 to phase 1. I guess I'll call what I've done "basebuilding."

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JDF,

I'm not sure how to race a marathon.

You know how when you race a shorter distance, you feel like you are running hard the whole time? I don't know if that is possible with a marathon?

I run comfortably for most of a marathon. When whatever pace gets hard, I tend to slow down. I haven't figured out how to push through that.
I don't feel like I am "racing."

Not sure if that's a good explaination or not!

I just got back from the foot doctor. He said that I actually had two injuries. The shooting pain between my big toe and the toe next to it is caused by having the chip tied to tightly to the top of my foot. That basically pinched a nerve and will heal with some time. He confirmed the second injury was that I broke my third metatarsal in the marathon. It was a clean break all the way through it. In the X-Ray you could actually see where one half of the bone had shifted over from the other half. Anyway, he said that this type of fracture usually takes between 8-10 weeks to heal. I am 4 weeks into the healing so it will probably be early February before I am cleared to run again. At least there are not many races in January and February. Although, the lack of training for two months is going to kill me. Oh well, nothing I can do now. The doctor said that these types of fractures can occur at any time. He said my height(ie: longer bones) could make me more susceptible but it definitely happens to a lot of people who run. The Anyway, good luck to everyone who is still healthy enough to run. I will catch back up with you guys when I am cleared to run again.

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I think that there is a new marathon the City of Oaks Marathon in Raleigh, NC on November 4th, 2007.

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Has anyone ran Falls Dam after 5:30 when the gates close? Is it OK to run there up until sunset, or because being it managed by USACE, we are not allowed.