Despite being somewhat beat up by the Veterans Marathon, I hit the ground running afterward to try to maintain my fitness and to prepare for my next gambit, the Fall Classic Half-Marathon. It's been two weeks since the marathon and one week before the half. It's now beginning to look doubtful that I'll be able to run the Fall Classic at all. The problem is hip flexor pain on my left side.
I've had this before, most recently in the summer after the Cleveland Marathon and Medina Half. Guess what? I got it again. That last time, it took about a month of very low-volume and low-intensity running to recover. I think that needs to be the prescription this time as well.
Stay tuned as to whether I'll make it to the starting line next week. Same for the Turkey Chase a few days later and the Brunswick Marathon a couple of weeks after all that. I'm not too depressed about all the doubt; my year was winding down anyway. Time to start thinking about 2027.
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