101 days & Counting !

So today was my day off, no running in the morning and I slept like a baby (til 8 am ! who would have thought...). BUT I am so excited to have started a blog (and a bit bored at work too) that I decided to write today anyway.

Cause I learned quite a lot today on the internet (okay I am really bored at work...). First of all I learned from my beloved old man that two problems can seem unrelated at all but are actually connected ! Let me make myself clear here. Daddydou cant run anymore. Just before running the 2010 Rome marathon, his Achilles tendon started to hurt. And it pretty much got worse since then, so much that he still cannot run today, and the Rome marathon was in March !

On a side note, let me tell you that it freaks the hell out of ME. Because we, my father and I, are the only two crazy sick people of my family to be signed in for the Berlin marathon. Meaning that IF he does not get better, IF he still cannot run in about a month, I will have to run that marathon by myself, ALONE ! No way. Wont be able to. During the debacle of the NYC marathon, he was by my side, step by step (oooh baby, gonna get to you giiiiirl. Thanks to New Kids on the Block here ;) ), and if it wasn't for him I wouldn't have finish it. So his getting better is a part of me not being crazily worried, and I do mean CRAZY!
(He yet warned me that this marathon, he wanted to do it right. Meaning in less than 6 hours and a half lol. Meaning I am going to be sweating on my own anyway. But all this is psychological. Nevermind.)

But let's get back to the point, so : Dad, 2 things totally unrelated, Achilles tendon. I asked him how he was feeling today about it (don't do this to me Daddy ! Please run and feed me disgusting jelly salted things while I scream and cry!) and I was surprised by his answser.

Apparently he is going to a dentist, to X-ray his teeth, his gingiva more precisely. It seems to have an impact an tendons problems, so the doctor said. First reaction : 'Well Dad, as I am feeling some kind of pain in my right thumb, I am thinking of changing for a cherry flavor shampoo, might do the trick !' Mouahahah
But I tried to look it on the internet anyway (the old man is occasionnally right on some little things...) & I found nothing. But that is probably because my father should change his Chaman and maybe go to a REAL doctor :). But maybe some of you know something about that ... ?

I would quite like some advice on another thing. Running + Music.
I can't, I just can't. And it is really annoying because I LIVE IN/FOR/THANKS TO music. I do not go anywhere without my iPhone/iPod !
When I started running, I ran with music on. Then one day, my iPod ran out of battery (while I did not ;)) and I ran in silence. And I was not struggling to breathe anymore ! I found my pace, I could breathe in line with the rythm of my body, not with the rythm of the music I was listening to. So I stopped, and it feeld kind of lonely when I run for a long distance (OK OK it's been a while but still..)
And I read articles about new appealing stuff like the Nike thing that you put on your shoe and it fits the music you are listening to your steps. I am kind of a geek sometime, and I WANT THAT ! I have an iPhone (barely but it still works. Sometimes. Hope it will be ok till the new 4G is out :)), an iPod and a Shuffle (a kind gift of E&F just before boarding to NY). I must find a way ! Any suggestions ?