The predicted rain did not eventuate today and I woke to a fantastic sunrise. In my growing desperation with hamstring/ hip trouble I decided for something completely different - to completely ignore the lessons learnt - and run through the pain.
As I had a free day today I ran 7km tempo session with 4 by 1km intervals at 10km pace. Not pleasant and not smart but the hamstring did not hurt anymore than if I did nothing. Followed the run by a gravity weights session and then a Pilates class at the gym. By the end of the Pilates class my legs had turned to jelly. And since it was such a glorious day I went for a swim at Narrabeen ocean pool to refresh the legs after the gym sessions. Had planned to swim a kilometre but the pool had lots of blue bottles due to the Northeasterly wind and the ocean water being pumped into the pool. I wandered why everyone was crowded into the shallow side of the pool. I got out as the bloke swimming in front of me just got stung. Ouch. The water was lovely and refreshing and by this stage I had forgotten my jelly legs. I treated myself to a lovely soyaccino from my new favourite café - Ocean Blend in Ocean Street - and then a message. Perfect joy.
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