Exercise biked this morning.
Then about 20minutes of stretching.
Exercise biked at lunchtime.
Then about 20 minutes of core exercises.
I feel exhausted today. Felt fine getting up, but only had about 6 hours of sleep I think. Was planning on swimming tonight but I'm going to turn up to the track workout instead and just trot around and stretch and pretty much do an extended warm up and warm down just to get some blood into my legs. Just like the treadmill, if I feel anything that might even turn into pain, I can stop and just get in my car and go home and sleep. It'll be good to see people and wish good luck to those who are going up to Boston for the marathon on Monday.
If the legs feel fine and not tight at all I'll probably put in 4X800's to clear out the tubes. I don't want to eff up my recovery, but if I could put in only 4X800's and then go home and ice, my mental outlook would be so much better. A little bit of risk, but a lot of reward.
Resting pulse was 44 when I woke up this morning. I had to take it twice. I don't think I've had it that low in a long long time. I guess it's a good sign I'm still in reasonable shape.
I'm beginning to think about London again. While on the exercise bike. While lying in bed. I don't feel so bad thinking about the splits I want to run, or the finish time. Or how hard the last 6 or 8 miles will be. Or how hard I'll gonna run. Or how much I want it. I sort of put those thoughts away for a while but I'm letting them creep back in...
If there is no reaction from my leg tonight, and no reaction when I wake up tomorrow morning, I’ll go out and do 6 miles on the trails. If there’s any tightness, I’ll cross train in the morning and do 6 on the treadmill at lunchtime to be extra cautious.
