No running for a few days at the beginning of the week, and some degree of discomfort whenever I was forced to descend any stairs. I still cycled to work on Tuesday, then also cycled to Felixstowe for the club training session, although with no intention of actually running – it was basically a chance for those who’d run London or Manchester to show off our medals then nip into the Fludyers for a couple of pints and watch the rest of them run up and down the prom.
By Thursday I decided my legs were up to a gentle return to duty, so joined the morning Run for Coffee before work. Then in the evening we had a work meal at Mister Wing’s, where I ate far too much Chinese food.
The next test for my legs came in the shape of the Twilight (actually mid-afternoon) 5k, which I hadn’t quite thought through when I entered it some time ago. I was in the 17–21 minute wave, and just managed to scrape inside the high end of that range (and not come last!). Then we watched the speedy people in the final wave before heading to the pub for some refreshment and a bit of food. I even managed a slow 11 miles of trails with Holly on Sunday, although that compounded with my usual laziness to stop me achieving anything useful for the rest of the day. Still, it’s another long weekend, so maybe I’ll manage to knuckle down to something tomorrow.
