Rambling about injuries plus Week 14 and 15 stats

So I've been a bit slack updating this blog on what should have been a weekly basis. A mix of busy-ness and slackness I guess. So I've got some catching up to do.

The other day I pondered the words of "urban poet/philosopher" Snoop Dogg who once said:

"If it ain't one thing
It's a mutherf..kin' 'nother..."

While Snoop was bemoaning the occasionally tough life of a pimp/gangster/playa, his words also apply to training for a marathon I reckon. You're travelling along ok for a little while, injury-free, feeling good... and then suddenly something will come out of nowhere to put that to the test. A couple of weeks ago it came along in the form of a rolled ankle. I was running at night along the Yarra and transferred from the grass onto the running path and didn't notice a little drop. Next thing I know my foot is side-on and I'm stumbling all over the place. I pulled up straight away and walked to the tram which was luckily not far away.
To cut a long story short, I iced it, rested it, even elevated it and it came up very well. Was back running in about a day and a half. It gave me a bit of a scare though.

It leads me to wonder what else could go wrong? I've been fairly lucky to be honest. Injuries have been minor and fixable so far. Will a cold get me? I'm half expecting it. The last thing I want is to catch a cold with a week left until the marathon yet lots of people around me seem to be coming down with one. I'm dealing with that by plenty of precautionary hand washing and making sure I get 8 hours sleep per night. All the boring stuff that is supposed to help I guess.

I'm now well into the taper phase of my program. Some runners don't like tapering because it means they can't run as far as they might like. However I'm loving it! It appeals to the lazy side of me I think. Today I thought I had to run 8kms and then when I looked at my program I saw it was only 6km. I was pretty damn pleased! It meant I could eat dinner earlier! That's a win right there! I'm a lazy person trapped inside a runner.

Here are the stats for my last couple of weeks...
Week 14 distance covered: 58 km (missed a run which meant the kms were down a bit)
Week 15 distance covered: 56.55 km (tapering so the kms come down - nice!)