I started training for the full marathon in November of last year. I made it to my 14 mile long run and then my knees started acting up, so I got some cortisone shots in them and felt better. But I decided to do the half marathon instead, not to risk more injury to my knees. Then about 6 weeks away from the marathon I hurt my left foot. I thought I just pulled something so I rested and iced my foot for a couple weeks, but it wasn't getting any better. So I went to see the foot doctor and found out I had 2 stress fractures and wouldn't be running for 8 weeks. I was doing the marathon as part of the Huntsman Hometown Heroes again, which meant I had raised $500 for them and had a spot held for me. Dr. Kimball stepped up and decided to run it for me. So to show our support the kids and I headed out at 6 am on Saturday to get a spot along the route to cheer him on. It was great weather for the race and we had fun cheering on all the runners. I think once my foot heals I will stick to only trying to run a half marathon instead of a full.
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