Week 15

Well, in one week's time it will all be over. Strange thought! This week I have well and truly tapered. Rested Monday and Wednesday. Run club on Tuesday, 4 miles on Thursday, 3 mile tempo on Friday, parkrun Saturday and 10 miles today. It seemed really odd to do just 10 miles - I was left with the thought that I had a lot of time to myself on a Sunday for the first time for a long time. It has been hard to stay properly paced this week and I have been relying on my Garmin to yell at me when I went too fast. I saw the physio on Thursday evening. It has been about 6 weeks since I last saw her and my knee was back to being bent again and very tight piriformis muscles as well. She put me through the usual agony including sorting out my achilles problem which was caused by a tight plantar fascia. I said I hadn't been sure about whether I would physically be able to do another marathon because my knee didn't seem to cope with the high mileage, but she said that providing I have physio every 3-4 weeks I will be okay. Yesterday at parkrun was lovely because Kara did her 10th one. I am so proud of her for sticking it out and trying her best each week (despite the drama queen act she is so good at putting on!). Only 2 runs left now this week - run club on Tuesday and another of about 2 miles on Thursday. I hope that will be enough to keep me going whilst letting my legs recover enough as well. I know that I have done my best races when I have not been able to run much the week before...