Mileage: 13.5 miles
AM: 3.75 miles PM: 9.75 miles
Today I felt a little stiff and sore as I set off for my morning run. I may have gone a little too hard at track last night, but I can live with that. It wasn't, however, my legs that bothered me most, it was the weather. I can't believe that last Sunday it was a scorching 25c and this morning it was so cold I shivered as I stepped outside and I could see my breath. I guess we had summer last week and we have now moved swiftly into autumn.
This evening I ran home first, as I had stuff from work to take back with me. I also had to pick up my swimming kit as I was due to meet Dan for a gym workout and a swim, but not before an additional 5 mile run. I wasn't planing to go to fast, but just let my body run as it felt. I actually felt pretty good and churned out some reasonable mile reps (6.51, 6.41, 6.57, 6.21, 6.41). The weather was a lot nicer tonight than it had been this morning, so it was really nice to be zipping about the cycle paths near Warriston.
After my quick 5 I met up with Dan at the Ainsley Park Sports Centre and we did 35 minutes in the gym doing the usual core work and then hit the pool for a few lengths. Dan is still recovering from his marathon, but tells me he is doing well and his legs feel fairly good. Hopefully, he'll be back running soon. After swimming some lengths we were disappointed to find that the Jacuzzi was out of order and that the sauna was rammed full of hot sweaty men. Our contingency plan was to jump into the kiddies play pool as it had some pretty powerful jet streams. It turned out to be a really good idea, as they were just at the right height to give the legs a perfect massage! It was great for my right hamstring, which has been causing me problems since the race on Sunday.
Finally, I arrived home to find the latest edition of Runner's World in the letter box. I love getting Runner's World. Even after 3 years of running and subscribing I still get very excited when I see the latest edition all wrapped up in its nice plastic container. I can't wait to crack it open and find my latest craze for the month or new food or product that I will definitely try and buy to help me knock off a second a mile. Sometimes they have some really good human interest stories or reports from far flung races from across the world, which I will then convince myself I will definitely run one day. This month they have an article on an ultramarathon runner who ran the MDS. It looks like the article will have some very useful tips and advice (I haven't quite read it all yet, too busy typing this!). It's pretty formulaic, the same stuff is always there, but I can't wait to read it cover to cover. I've got two 4 hour train journey's tomorrow, so I will most definitely be taking it with me!
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