Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Concrete Hamstrings

Tuesday March 17, 2009 (Easy – 7km)
Cool morning – it feels like autumn. Great running weather and I was looking forward to the run. Yesterday while at work, my left leg was going numb and tingling . I did lots of stretching and tennis ball massage for some relief. The plan was to run short just to see how the legs felt. I was surprised that when I set off both hamstrings felt like they were made of concrete. The tightness eased a little but it is still surprising – I should be feeling better at this stage of the program. It may be time to re-evaluate the experiment with the shoes. I ran the Sunday long run with a slight lift in my right shoe. This is clearly not going to work. I ran to Narrabeen for 7 km at 5.17min/km pace– felt OK and even though I was distracted by what was going on with my legs, I did look up occasionally to glimpse a glorious sunrise over the ocean.

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