I officially registered today for the Chiang Mai Half-Marathon (www.chiangmaimarathon.com). I'm actually in the 4th week of training. But I had a few bumps the past 2 weeks. The first week of training went fine. The following week I got sick and missed 3 runs. I took my gear on the trip last week...ready to run. But while visiting the waterfalls I slipped on a rock and smacked my big toe. It took half my toenail off (sorry for the icky details). I ended up going to the hospital that night because it was so painful and I was worried about infection knowing there wouldn't be a hospital on the island. The doctor told me not to get it wet for 5 days (ha!) He gave me a local antibiotic and a regular antibiotic to prevent infection. I was hesitant for the regular antibiotic, I hate taking them. But since I was absolutely going to get wet, I thought I should take it. So that put me out of running for another week.
But I'm back on schedule and feeling motigated!!!
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Congratulations on registering Julie!!
You'll do great.
Nat
I'm so sorry about the foot injury..is it better? A cold sidetracked me the last few days (not as exciting as potential gangrene in SE Asia from an injury hiking through the jungle...but, it's all I've got) I just checked out the website for the marathon..the route looks cool. I can picture the Tha Pae Gate where it starts!
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