Not much to report since Friday.
First of all congrats to Sugar and Biscuitman for their Bridges results, and to Sling for another near miss to go sub3 in the Marathon - it's beckoning this year.
I ran Sat morning to test the thigh out - did 1km jogs interpersed with stretches. In the 8k I ran the only moderately painfree part was a km I ran barefoot on an oval nearby, obviously the more forefoot gait is less of a strain.
This morning I managed an anti-inflammatory assisted 20km, although the whole session took nearly 3 hours - my wife was about to send out a search party after I told her I'd be out for an hour and a half. I hobbled down to the Scotch college playing fields and ran 1km loops on the grass, again the best and fastest were the 2k run barefoot. I had a good patch from 10-15k run continuously then the thigh got worse again.
So that's the last 'long' run per se in my prep - will try to run 4 days this coming week and if by some sheer chance things are feeling better I might try for another 20k next weekend, but I'd rather not chance it if there's a chance of making things worse. Hopefully I'll get down to the gym for some bike and elliptical in the interim, or even some water running.
On a side note, humorous bargain of the week : Tiger Woods/Nike golf gift pack (golf shirt, cap and Nike 1 balls) reduced from $140 to $30 at Rebel. When your stocks are down, they're down! Great B'day present for Dad though - the golf balls are worth the price alone and the TW logo on the shirt is pretty subtle. Anyway, once he wins the Masters he'll be popular again.
(I note the media knew he was reconciling with his wife when she started wearing Nike shirts again)
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Well done on the 3 hour effort, sounds like grass and trails might be the way to go, and/or cross training....Hope it heals well, and Boston is a special experience!
Have to laugh about the media knew he was reconciling when his wife started wearing nike shirts again...:-)
I say buy,buy,buy the TW stuff maybe get some myself, cos in a few years, noone will remember much about last years scandals, they only remember that he is still winning...Look at how Warnie has rebounded in the IPL!
Mate, just take it easy. Maybe the exercise bike would be a good option.
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