{"id":869,"date":"2021-09-28T20:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T00:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/marathon\/?p=869"},"modified":"2021-10-31T11:45:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T15:45:41","slug":"training-week-14-taper-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/marathon\/2021\/09\/training-week-14-taper-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Training week 14: taper begins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wow, tapering already – which means my only injury was my fall at the beginning of August, ie no<\/em><\/strong> overuse injuries! That’s a great first. It must help that I’ve been doing my mini-Pilates routine every single morning, to keep my core strong, and most days I’ve also kept up with the NYTimes 7-minute workout<\/a> (as well as plenty of walking, biking, and hiking). My fitness is probably the most balanced it’s been maybe ever. The right thumb I sprained (or whatever) in my fall is still a little weaker and larger than the left, nine weeks later, but I’m sure it will continue to heal. Yay almost-57 me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No problems with blisters or chafing either. Modern clothes technology is great – I run in yoga shorts that have no seams, super-comfortable with pockets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We visited my dear mother-in-law in Rochester, NY this week so I got to add some streets there. But the city is HUGE and I’m still under 3% despite having run 50+ streets. So much beautiful architecture – I explored the Corn Hill neighborhood, new to me, and discovered that’s it’s a location on the Mississippi Blues Trail because Son House lived there for many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Sunday run in Easthampton finally got me to 1st place with 94.22%. I’m posting this on 10\/31\/2021 without any Easthampton photos because I’m doing NaNoWriMo in November and all my writing time will be devoted to that. I may come back and finish these posts at some point, but just want to get something up now!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n