My first marathon in new year

Just finished a marathon. It was a big chalenge as I stopped training for 3 weeks due to knee pain about 7 weeks before the race and resumed training with adjusted schedule set by my coach in remaining 4 weeks including taper time.

The main issue in the race is increasing hips pain and foot pain after 18 miles although I have no issue with breath and heart rate. The pain forced me to slow down the pace further and further. Good thing was I saw more and more people start walking towards the end while I was still running and run to the end.

I met my coach at endpoint and told her the issue of hips pain. She joked: do you know there is a song “Hips don’t lie”? I laughed: "well, Hips don’t lie, but my knee might lie."

Yes I did not feel knee pain over the course and had no other injury except sore on legs and pain on hips. So nice to make it with a healthy body!

 

【憶秦娥】新年首馬拉鬆

晨寒顫，人群漸聚心如盼。心如盼，星光微隱，嘈聲稍倦。

出征令響人潮漫，新年邁步鞋聲亂。鞋聲亂，前途雖遠，老身仍健。

 

*新年之後首跑馬 七周前由於膝蓋受傷歇了三個星期，隻能降低目標，總算無傷跑完。

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• Wow! Big congrats! The first marathon in new year ～～ -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 08:12:51

• Hips don’t lie, but why does your knee lie? :) -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 08:14:29

• Haha, I was not sure at that time if my knee was ok. -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 08:19:08

• Now I’m sure my knee did not lie either. -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 08:19:39

• Trails are easier on the joints than concrete or asphalt. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 08:25:57

• Absolutely! I usually run on trails for distance below 8 mil -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 08:28:59

• 【憶秦娥】，方兄的詞上手很快！寫身邊的事，接地氣。棒！我今年也想練練詞。山水老師上次建議我從小令開始練起。打算有空試試。 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 08:17:19

• 我不喜歡那種用古代的意境寫現代生活的詩詞，所以詩詞中用語多是現代語寫身邊事。期待你的新詞。 -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 08:22:40

• Great job! A marathon is a great achievement. Congrats! -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 08:20:19

• 多謝7G鼓勵。每個健康的人訓練半年可以跑半馬，訓練一年可以跑全馬。你也可以, 但要時間上的commitment. -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 08:26:56

• Congratulations! That's some accomplishment! -甜蟲蟲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 08:53:21

• Thanks for your encouragement! -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 09:46:57

• Congratulations. -唐宋韻- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 09:00:58

• Thanks for your encouragement! -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 09:47:11

• Wow, 中英文都寫的那麽好！ 中文詩尤其讚！Hats off to you! -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 09:37:47

• 先寫的詞，英文是後加的，為的是在美壇分享！Thanks for your encouragement! -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 09:48:07

• Bravo, 方外居士！The hardest part of a marathon is when you -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 17:01:15

• feel you're hitting a wall. Of course, you push on. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 17:03:33

• I pushed on with slower pace. The last 8 miles were never -方外居士- ♂ (82 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 17:55:14

• Thanks 秋蘭for you encouragement! -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 17:58:55

• Well done. That's something beyond my capabilities. -waterfowl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 17:14:20

• You can do it if you train for 6~12month -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 17:56:10

• I have a friend who does restaurant, he cando it in sub3 hr. -方外居士- ♂ (60 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 17:58:03

• you are incredible. Such a great achievement! well written -天邊一片白雲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024 postreply 11:54:54

• Thanks for your encouragement -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/17/2024 postreply 18:03:30