Cold Feet

First for the Cold: The weather here in Ubon has been positively chilly of late. I do not use the word “freezing” because I realize some of my readers actually live in places where the outdoor temperature could indeed cause things to freeze.

Usually I sleep with the window open and the fan on. Recently the window has been shut and the fan off. Additionally I have been sleeping under every blanket that I own (two rather light blankets). Last night I added a warm shirt to the two blankets.

Despite the cool nights, the sun is still quite capable of warming up the world during the noontime hours.

Now for the feet: Since my twenty mile run my right foot has been giving me a bit of trouble. I cut back on milage last week to give it a rest. It seemed to be helping, but halfway through my run yesterday the pain was back in force. It’s annoying to have two months of good training seemingly falling apart this close to the goal (the marathon I’m training for is the 25th of January).

I find myself wanting to back down from the goals I set for myself when I first planned to run this marathon (see the title of the post). But another part of myself balks at such withering of resolve.