Bumps

Saturday night, trying to my work way round Perth for tomorrow's HBF Run for a Reason.

It's been a week of not much running. I knew I had run 7 days in a row, so a rest was in order. But I eventually decided to go anyway on Tuesday, and to do some speed work. Result: I pulled something in my right quad on the first of the (planned) 5x1000m. It didn't feel too bad, but I stopped immediately, and jogged back home (4.30/km) with no pain. Also, my left Achilles was starting to sting. I figured my body was sending me signals ("Rest, you old fart"), so I took two days off, celebrating my 41st birthday with an excellent sport massage that (hopefully) has unlocked my ileo-psoases.

In the meantime, the Armageddon hit the South West, so I ended up skipping another day of running yesterday. I eventually went out today as the storm was easing, and ran 8km with a good "rolling feeling", though I also managed to pull something else at the bottom of my right calf.

So, tomorrow I go to Perth with lots of question marks. The Park Run last week showed that I could travel at around 3.30/km (over 5 km..), so I thought a 44 mins tomorrow was within reach. But now I am not that confident. Most of all, I worry my calves&co will start bothering me for no particualr reason, as they have done for the past 5 years.

Well, let's see how it goes - above all, I hope to have fun.