The less said the better about today’s Cleveland Marathon. But I will say this: the first time I ever broke four hours for a marathon was in 2009 at, yup, the Cleveland Marathon. Today I did not break four hours. Not even close.
Despite following the plans of action devised by various doctors and physical therapists… and despite hiring a personal trainer at a local gym to help focus on core and cross training, I am running worse than I did when I had an undiagnosed stress fracture from January. To follow a rehab and exercise regimen and see diminished returns? That’s disheartening to say the least.
