Thats a relief!

I managed my longest run yet today; just under 8 miles in 1hr 30 mins. Now its also my slowest run as well........but that's where my relief comes from! Last time I ran I had a bit of a scare when my legs hurt so much I had to walk for the majority of the 3 mile run I was on! So to run this distance (and that length of time) with no pain was such a relief.

So far I have been very lucky with my legs......but.......

I ran Friday, Saturday and Sunday just gone trying to catch up with a change of days for training last week.....that was my first mistake - trying to run 3 consecutive days when I have never ever done that before. I also ran the opposite way around my usual run which took in a very steep hill (which I managed to slog up all the way). Lastly, I had a large roast dinner only 1 hr before running!....And I may have been a bit relaxed about my warming up stretches.

The culmination of all these factors I think just hit my legs a little to hard and sensibly I decided to walk most of my run on Sunday, but I felt so cross with myself, felt like a failure and felt very worried about getting to the marathon. I was also quite scared about how much my legs would hurt on today's run, hence i took the pace a bit easy.

Lesson learnt

I will NOT run 3 days in a row again! I WILL stick to my running days where at all possible. I will NOT be stupid enough to run up steep hills like that again! I WILL stretch and warm up properly before each and every run.