Time: 44 minutes 51 seconds
A steady lunchtime run. I couldn't afford to set a brisk pace today, as I'm running the Milton Keynes Half Marathon on Sunday. So it wasn't hard work this time, but in spite of that I got round in 9-minute-miles. I think the cool, damp climate helped there, as I wasn't struggling in the heat. The heavy rain held off until a while after my return, so luckily it was the ideal weather to go.
Since I'd felt a bit of soreness in my left adductor towards the end of Saturday's ten-miler, I decided I should book myself in for a sports massage. I'd planned to have one about now anyway, but when you get a niggle it's definitely worth getting your legs checked over for a bit of routine maintenance before an unchecked niggle turns itself into a more serious pain - or worse still an injury.
Sammy from Inside & Out Body Therapy soon discovered that the slight pain in my thigh was most likely caused by over-tightness in my calf. This may have been brought on by the increase in cycling I've been doing, or maybe just the volume of running. I've been training proper for a month now, and in 17 runs I've knocked up just under 90 miles. Apart from a tight left calf, things seemed to be pretty much ok. She commented that my quads were better than normal - just before she found a tight knot in my left quad, needing a bit of elbow work to loosen up. Ouch!
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