A few weeks ago, Grumps and I ran 12 miles. Tom Wallace joined us (for fun!!??!!). We ran along the river from Wandsworth, 1 1/2 times around Battersea PArk, over to Clapham Common, round bits of that then back via Wandsworth common and then back to my house.
We managed the run in 2 hours which was impressive work due to my condition. I was ferociously hung over and lacking sleep and Tom and Grumps were excellent at making me jog on...
Then we had a week off. A whole week with no running. TOTAL BLISS!!!
Training re-commemnced on our return from Austria. We both felt like totall lead-legs all week and were dreading Saturday. But sadly, we have no choice! We headed off the Richmond Park on a beautiful crisp morning with blazing blue skies. Our 14 mile run involved two laps of the Park which we completed in 2hrs 15. We were both totally exhausted and felt rather depressed when we finished to realise that for the marathon we have to do the same again as well as the run two weeks earlier - how will we ever do it? We are both hoping that adrenaline will be a major factor...
I hope lots of you will come and watch us... The marathon is on Sunday 26th April and the more the merrier - we will need all the support we can get!!
We both had a deep tissue massage after our run on Saturday which was actually pretty painful... Apparently we are both suffering from a few 'standard' running injuries and both have 'lateral compartment syndrome'. Something to do with a long thin muscle next to our shins which means that we should have massages every few weeks in the run up to the marathon. Is this just a cunning tactic to blind us with science and earn the osteo regular income???
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