Summary

I have been pretty lax updating this for a week or so, however I have still been running. After the last one I wrote about I did 4 fast miles on the Thursday, I think I did some running on Friday and then had the weekend off. This Monday I went out on another 16 miler and ran it in 2 hours 25 seconds which was fantastic. I used some jelly babies, wore my gloves and went further along the marathon course, to about 9.5 miles which is where the loop finishes as well. I did another fastish run on the Tuesday and felt good, though a little sore as expected. Wednesday off as usual and Thursday I went out again, planning to do 6 at speed. I don't know whether it was the second 16 in 2 weeks, or whether it was because at the youth club I helped at we played a game which basically amounted to me doing many very violent squat-leaps, but when I started the run my quads just above the knee felt weird, as if they were flapping a bit. Thought about calling it off but headed on since I thought it was just a niggle. About 3 miles in I started to think something might not be quite right as on my right leg it felt like it might go at some point. About 3.5 miles in I had to stop as it sort of gave up. Annoying. It's not a serious problem I don't think, but I'm taking the rest of the week off, and next week will aim to just do runs on flat and reasonably short distances. I might even do some swimming instead, but since I should be running in a half marathon a week on Sunday I need to be careful.

Blergh. I've done what I can with ice and deep heat stuff, and though they were particularly sore yesterday evening walking downhill, I think I'll be fine.