Half Way There

2nd October
This day I went out with the aim of running as long as I could.  I was still in recovery and hoping to put in a  good showing.  The marathon is fast approaching and if I could not manage a good distance I knew it would be very difficult for me to be ready in time for the big day.  I decided to run in blocks of 5kms.  After each 5km I stopped and stretch out the legs and Achilles.  No harm in being extra cautious.  All this care must have worked as I ran over 21km went I finally stopped, not bad at all.

Ups and Downs

What I've come to realise is that in recovery you have good days and bad days.  Thursday was a bad day.  As I've said I had a flare up in my Achilles tendon which has restricted my running.  I went to get it checked out a week a go and had some work done on it and have been working on it since.  I've been very careful not to push too hard and to stop when I notice it acting up, so I've been building up.  5km done last Sunday, 7km last Tuesday and I was hoping for another 7km on the Thursday run.  I had to stop before I got to 4km, really frustrating, but I guess I just have to take what I can get at this moment and continue the recovery.