Four Bridges Half Marathon Training: Week Six

Just a week to go until the Four Bridges Half Marathon and my worst fear was realized: I've suffered an injury, and I'm concerned that I'm going to have to pass on running the half marathon.

On what was meant to be a six mile run on Tuesday, I felt a cramp in my right hamstring and stopped just short of three miles in. I had figured that it was just a one day soreness (from running too soon after the GPTW run on Sunday) and expected it to disappear by the time I played tennis on Thursday. But that was not the case. A few points into the doubles match, the hamstring cramped up, and my mobility was limited. My hopes for running the half marathon were starting to disappear.

Taking a look at what little I ran compared to what was recommended, it's easy to see that I was pretty short on miles this week:

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
	Oct 15	Oct 16	Oct 17	Oct 18	Oct 19	Oct 20	Oct 21
4BHM Plan	7.0	5.0		6.0		12.0
Actual		3.00		Tennis

Plan Mileage: 30.0
Actual Mileage: 3.00

I'm still not positive that the hamstring will be healed by next Sunday. I've been putting heat on it, stretching it, and then icing it in an attempt to expedite the healing. So far, I'm not sure that it's been helping. The one thing I do know is that I won't be following the Four Bridges Beginner Training Plan for this final week:

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
5.0	3.0		3.0			13.1

Plan Mileage: 24.1

I'd like to get out and do at least a mile before Sunday to get some faith in the hamstring, but I won't attempt anything until it feels fine. If that doesn't happen in the next week, I'm not sure how I'm going to determine whether or not to go for it.