Long run around town. Had some really weird persisting symptoms after yesterday morning's run. Felt a little stiff/knotted in a small part of my back. I figured it was a normal muscle knot, and it might be, but I noticed it had impaired my breathing. It wasn't very painful, but when I tried to take a complete deep breath, I could only make it about 80% before I hit a limit. It felt like my lungs had a plug somewhere preventing them from filling completely. I did some breathing exercises several times yesterday and it felt like that loosened them up a bit. This morning I felt good enough to run, and didn't notice any problem with breathing. I still feel a small snag when I try to take a deep breath. I'd say it feels like I can breath 95% of the way. I'm not too worried as it seems to be improving. Based off today's run though, I'm not sure I'm ready to break 3 hours in my marathon in 5 weeks...darn. (20.16 in 2:44:03)
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