Last Saturday’s parkrun was followed by a coaching session conducted by former Team GB and Olympic 800m runner Jemma Simpson. The session covered warm up, drills to help with running form and a short session on speed work. I decided to watch the speed session with the weekend’s train run in mind but took part in the drills. As the day wore on, I began to feel some pain on the sole of my left foot, such that it become extremely uncomfortable to walk on. I couldn’t pinpoint landing awkwardly on it earlier in the day, or anything else strange and as I went to bed, I decided that I would not run on Sunday, however it felt in the morning. It didn’t feel an awful lot better when the morning arrived, although wearing my trainers cushioned it to some degree. I was hoping this would be short lived and I could get out for a run on Tuesday. I was due to lead a group at my club for around 4.5 miles and so a slow run there and back would take the total to around 16 miles. Well, that was the plan anyway. Tuesday came and although much of the discomfort had gone away, there was still a small ache. Other shenanigans meant I would not get out to the track session on Thursday this week and so there was a temptation to just get out and do something. The first choice of running to my club was ruled out as I was later home from work than planned. My second choice was an 18 mile route which the option of cutting short at around 13 and 15 miles if need be. I had next Sunday’s run at Thanet in mind and need to make sure I am OK for that. I took the decision in the end to rest. Frustrating as that was, for once common sense took over and the priority of being fully recovered on Sunday rather than maybe doing some damage and losing real momentum. So a brief rest on Sunday turned into an unscheduled but welcome break. Hopefully it will turn out to be a blessing in disguise and my legs will feel re-energised. Sunday will be a good test of how they respond to this week’s rest, but maybe more importantly, the real test will be a mental one on a course of two 10 mile laps.
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ABOUT MEHaving completed 5 marathons between 1999 and 2016, I decided this year, I would try to do it properly and plan my training! Alongside, I wanted to keep a blog as it went along, partly to look back on, and partly to help anyone else who may benefit from my own experiences. Archives
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