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13 Weeks to 13 Miles! OUC Orlando Half Marathon Training: Weeks 12 & 13

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It's official! The homestretch. Race day in upon us.

Wednesday
Plan: 3 Miles, Actual: 3 Miles
This was a nice, easy run. I used to not want to do 3 miles as a normal, everyday style run. But here we are! I can do this in my sleep. It was nice weather and super easy. One thing I did notice though... some minor heel pain after my run. Hmmm... 

Friday
Plan: 3 Miles, Actual: 3 Miles
Another easy run. Again, some minor heel pain. I was wondering if it was mostly because I wasn't taping my foot figuring that since I was only going 3 miles, it wouldn't be needed. Looking back, I think I should have taped. The weather was nice this day and I got it done just before the sun came up. I kept my typical pace. It's definitely my happy pace and I'm still feeling good about that overall. I reading in the OUC participant guide that you just have to keep an overall 15 minutes or less pace in order to get your time. They said they could start removing the timing strips once that point has passed (and that is from the last person to cross the start line so technically I will get slightly more as long as I don't start at the very back). I am feeling confident that I can keep well under that. Even if I start to hurt or feel like I have an issue, I should be good.

Sunday
Plan: 6 Miles, Actual: 6 Miles
This is where I started to break down. This was supposed to be an easy 6 mile run. I was feeling good about it being shorter than what we have been doing on weekends. I set out and didn't feel 100%. I was hurting some and about 1.25 miles in I actually texted Steven to tell him I might only run 4-5 miles but I would see how I felt. At about 3 miles, I started feeling somewhat better so I figured I would keep shooting for 6 and see how it went. I ended up doing all 6 and felt pretty good at the end. 
Then I took a shower... and it all fell apart. My upper back started hurting really bad. It was the exact same pain I had just before this training started. The same pain that made me hold our very first run as part of training for an extra day. I was so worried. Also, my heel was definitely bothering me. Worse than the day before, but not so bad that I couldn't walk. I had taped during this run so I was hoping that would help. 

Sunday night I got out of bed to go to the bathroom and pretty much fell back into bed when I tried to put weight on my right heel. It was excruciating. I had to hold walls and the countertop to get into the bathroom. When I woke up Monday, it was just as bad. I felt devastated. This is our last week of training and here I am barely able to walk. I looked up taping for heel  pain (my prior taping was more for my achilles) and taped my heel. It started feeling somewhat better a little later in the morning but I think it was partially because of the tape compression and partially just from being up and moving around. I also made the executive decision then to skip this weeks two 3 mile runs. I felt that was better than trying to run just to get a few miles in and risking hurting my heel more. I'm going to rest my heel and my back this week an take OUC by storm on Saturday.

So, with that, that means that this is my last training update. How crazy! I will definitely be posting a recap of the race after Saturday. I'm so excited! Ready to check another box off on the running bucket list. 

Total Weekly Miles: 12
Total Training Miles: 161.94

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