all right. the emergency root canal is behind me. i can truly say that was one of the most unpleasant experiences of my life. the pain in my tooth prior to the procedure was excrutiating. i couldn't sleep, i couldn't eat, and i couldn't live my life. there was no way to make the throbbing aching and pain stop. it was truly enough to make somebody go crazy. but i hope its sortet out now. seriously, this was the best time this could have happened. if it had happened a few weeks ago, and messed up my high mileage week, i would have been extremely concerned about how it affected the peak of my training. if it happened a week from now, i would have been searching for a endodontist in germany (and all the associated issues of pain and needing medical care in a foreign country) and it would have impacted the actual race. having this happen in a taper week sucked, but it was the best possible way this could have gone down. I'm still not out of the woods yet. things are not 100%. there is still some discomfort, and i still can't eat on that side of my mouth and it still feels like my bite is uneven (the affected tooth is hitting early when i close my teeth). so i still have plenty to worry about, but at least i could sleep last night. first solid night of sleep since sunday night.
now i need to get back on top. get back in the game. this was just a 2 day time out, it was not quitting. with 11 months in, and over 1000 miles run, i am conditioned. i just need my tooth to heal and my body to get race ready. i have 8 more days to be the tip of the spear. part animal, part machine. i missed a 4 mile run, during my taper week. its no big deal. i still have 15 training miles left to run in the USA, 6 training miles to run on german soil, then the marathon.
8 and a wake-up. 21 more miles to the start line.
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