Everything is feeling fine (ish) after my down week. I definitely noticed the extra energy and bounce in my legs during SLR. I also keep catching myself doing my easy runs a little too fast. I’ve not had an ice bath in a couple of months and hardly stretch at all so I wonder if this is going to come back to bite me in the form of an injury. My feet have been crying for attention for a couple of weeks now… just really tight in the ankles and sort of painful walking about after I’ve not stepped on them for a while (after having my feet up on the couch for example). But I don’t feel it while I run… lack of circulation in my lower legs? Poor (worn out) shoes? Might book myself in with a decent sports massage type person next weekend to work on my calves and hamstrings and Achilles tendons… treat myself as it were.
Am adding in a tempo workout Monday evenings. The aim tomorrow is 40minutes tempo work. Track on Wednesday is 15 tempo – rest – 15 tempo. This coming weekend there is the GW Marathon – the plan was the run the relay but that might be scuppered now. Might look for another race, or might do it and just do the first 15 or so miles (it’s three loops so I could cut out after the second loop).
Also going to add in a couple of lunchtimes at the gym to spend time on non-impact type things… stretching, and core stuff.
Well, that’s the plan. For what it’s worth. And that’s not much (insert boring comment about paper it’s printed on).
Week goals – 135-140 miles – Mon Tempo 40min – Wed Tempo 15min + 15min – Sat 22miles – Sun race/tempo -2X core workouts & stretching.
New Rule – never run less than 5 hours after Chips and Beans and Eggs from the lucky bar…
