Marathon training week 1

I officially kicked off the marathon training this week. On monday I woke up and rode my bike about 9 miles to work. Then at lunch I ran 3 miles, then rode my bike home again. My legs were pretty tired after all that. On Tuesday I went to yoga. On Wednesday I woke up early and did a three mile tempo run. I was surprised that I did 3 miles in under 24 minutes. I've got a 5k coming up next week so it looks like setting a PR shouldn't be too much of a challenge. On Thursday I did some lifting and ran an easy 2 miles. Friday I got a surprise call from the Bishop to go waterskiing with him. I was really excited because I haven't been wakeboarding for a really long time. It was a blast to get back out there. It took some time to get back into the groove, but soon I was throwing some of my old tricks. On my last run, I tried something I knew I coudln't pull off but tried anyway because I was "done". I landed ear first into the water (not intentionally although that would be a really cool trick) and re-ruptured by tympanic membrane (eardrum). I have done this before as a teenager which resulted in the most painful three days of my life because I let the infection go untreated which swelled my ear canal shut. This as you might imagine is not conducive to productive marathon training. But, I didn't let it interfere with my long run on Saturday. I clocked a really slow six miles. It was really difficult, not only because of the ear but I am also sore from head to toe.
I got put on antibiotics and will hopefully avoid the really painful stuff I experienced with my last ear issue. If not, this weeks training will be severly cut down (non-existent). I have a 5k scheduled on Saturday, if my ear proves difficult I'll cancel and find another at a better time. And the next time I go wakeboarding I'll wear earplugs.

My Eardrum