Words from a teammate who is also pulling out of Sunday's race...
...It is super-frustrating. But people say that if you can run 18 (which we've done), you can run 26.2 - the rest is just mental. So if we can maintain our current fitness level through bike/swim/whatever, get healthy by the 23 and then rest our bodies for 2 weeks, we should be good to go on Nov. 5th. It will definitely take a bit more time/effort to find ways to stay active than it would if we could just follow the program, but we can make it work. I think the key is to not get discouraged, keep doing stretching/injury prevention exercises, mirror the assigned cardio workouts as well as possible through cross-training, and really allow ourselves to get totally healthy before trying to run.
Now, if I'm still hurt come next weekend, I may begin to feel less optimistic, but as of now I'm not letting that thought enter my head!
See you Sunday.
emily
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