My main fitness rule

I ran a 2.49 marathon a couple of months ago but this story, for once, is not a running-bragging story. Well, I do love running! For the last two years, I’ve been running 50–70 miles a week.

I’m not running this week. It finally happened, the inevitable — I’m injured. My foot is hurting. I’m limping. It’s possible it’s a stress fracture though I haven’t yet had an X-ray or MRI. Either way, I know unmistakably I will need many days, likely several weeks, of rest. I’m signed up for a marathon in Chicago in October. It’s just twelve weeks away! I’m guessing now whether I will have enough time to…