Today, I had Christian take me down the hill again (oh, the luxury), and this time I was well hydrated, but didn't eat anything at all beforehand. I'd forgotten my key, so Christian gave me his, as he was going up to Handy Cross to persuade people to try diving.
I had fairly bad sciatic hip pain going into the run. I set off sedately again, and was able to keep running for the whole course. The hip pain was almost immediately replaced by outer right knee pain, but it resolved itself after a few minutes. At the steps, I even had legs enough to overtake with giant walking strides. That felt good.
Just after the turn at the far end of the Rye, a man calling out generally encouraging things to runners told me to relax my shoulders. He was right - there was a lot of tension in them.
At the 4km marker, I decided to try pushing myself a little more. I finished in 35.35, one second faster than the week before. I had no nausea at any point in the course. After collecting my things and stretching, I felt equal to setting off for home straight away.
The walk uphill was still not going to break any records, but after some tea and food, I was able to actually get stuff done for the rest of the day. It told me that it was time to push myself a little more. My legs were stiff, but not sore.
I had fairly bad sciatic hip pain going into the run. I set off sedately again, and was able to keep running for the whole course. The hip pain was almost immediately replaced by outer right knee pain, but it resolved itself after a few minutes. At the steps, I even had legs enough to overtake with giant walking strides. That felt good.
Just after the turn at the far end of the Rye, a man calling out generally encouraging things to runners told me to relax my shoulders. He was right - there was a lot of tension in them.
At the 4km marker, I decided to try pushing myself a little more. I finished in 35.35, one second faster than the week before. I had no nausea at any point in the course. After collecting my things and stretching, I felt equal to setting off for home straight away.
The walk uphill was still not going to break any records, but after some tea and food, I was able to actually get stuff done for the rest of the day. It told me that it was time to push myself a little more. My legs were stiff, but not sore.
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