

My Past DOES NOT Determine my Present (or my Future) - My Journey to Chicago Marathon 2009
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There... I needed to say it, write it. I am feeling it more and more. It's new, but it feels good.
Here I want to share with you my running goals:
Namaste :)
Por suerte había ido al otro doctor antes! Al menos ya estaba advertida de que había una posibilidad de que me quisieran operar... y así fue! Mi médico era de la idea de que la indicación inmediata frente a los resultados de mi examen era cirugía. Esto significaba que no podía correr la maratón este año.
Como tenía la otra opinión me puse un poco más osada y le dije que no me pensaba operar antes de la Maratón. Que mi plan era entrenar y si durante el entrenamiento sentía molestias o dolor, obviamente iba a parar y si era demasiado, no iba a correr y eventualmente me iba a operar. Pero no sin antes hacer el intento (mi dolor ni siquiera está directamente relacionado con el ejercicio!). Estuvo de acuerdo (qué alternativa tenía!), así que ese es plan! :o)
PS.: Dejo pantallazo de mi confirmación de inscripción!!!
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I had not written about this, but I think it is important to do so. Last Wednesday I went finally to see my doctor, the one that was on a trip and had not seen yet the results of my MRI.
Luckily I had seen the other doctor before! At least I was warned that there was a chance they wanted to do surgery on me... and it was the case! My doctor said that the immediate indication regarding the results of my MRI was surgery, which meant that I wasn't gonna run this year.
Since I already had the other doctor's opinion, I was feeling a bit bold and told him that I did not want to have the surgery before the maraton. That my plan was to start training and if during the training i felt discomfort or pain, obviously I would stop and if it was unbearable, I wasn't gonna run, and eventually have surgery. But not without giving it a try first (my pain is not even exercise triggered!). He agreed (what choice did he have!), so that's the plan :o)
PS: I leave a screenprint of my registration confirmation!!!
Ya tengo mis zapatillas nuevas maratonisticas!!!
Bueno, gracias a ambos, tengo las zapatillas más feas y cómodas del universo (bromaaa)!!!
Así que acá les presento a las que me van a llevar a cruzar la meta... Ya las he usado 2 veces para salir a correr y se sienten increíbles!
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I have my marathon shoes already!!!
I was in LA last Monday and my friend Mike Magdaleno took me to the best sports goods store: Village Runner, in Manhattan Beach. Mike and the salesperson there advised me very well, especially every time I got carried away by the bright colors and beauty of some of the shoes... so difficult to get focused on what matters... in the end... I am a girl!!! (Thanks for everything Mike!).
Well, thanks to both of them, I got myself the ugliest most comfortable shoes in the whole universe!!! (just kidding...)
So here I introduce you to the pair that is gonna take me past the finish line... I have gone running twice in them already and they feel great!