By Friday the snow and ice had all but cleared. Where it did remain it was just a slushy crust. To celebrate I completed a 4 miler in 31 minutes so that's averaging a fraction under an 8 minute mile.
It was hard going, the last week and a half of running at slower, slippier speeds was clearly beginning to take it's toll. Last year, whilst I gained an overall fitness and endurance I had no speed at all. Having gained some speed post 2009 marathon I am determined to cling onto as much of it as I can!
Nearing the end of my 4 miles it did all start to feel smoother, breathing even out, pacing was better all felt good. A great run....
Sadly, the same could not be said for Saturday. Having already reduced the weekend long run distance following the epic mid week run I set off on the same route that we trekked through the other night. Everything felt stiff and immovable. My left hamstring is once again tight and stiff, reducing the amount it will extend. My right hip is sore and my lower back has had better days.
I had to stop a couple of times to stretch during the run and whilst the overall average speed was within the training range it didn't feel good.
The worrying thing is that this seems to be becoming a theme - good run one day, bad run the next - if there's one thing that a marathon schedule needs it's consistency and at the moment it is definitely lacking.
I struggled throug hthe 14 miles in a bit over 2 hours. Only a year ago I would have been over the moon with that kind of time in a race let alone a training run - but a year on and the marathon seems a very long way away at this point
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