So this was supposed to be a good, hard 11-mile run with six miles of LT. Uh, no. About a half mile into the tempo portion, I started getting new twinges I'd never had before -- right groin and inner thigh. Quickly decided five more miles of tempo, even if doable, was not worth a big muscle pull or something similar, and shut it down. And the 11-miler became basically an 8-mile jog.
Another new pain I need to figure out. Low on my left calf, posteriorly. Pretty sure this one is my soleus. It responds when I do a soleus stretch, but it continues to ache. Doesn't hurt when I run, but it does afterward (especially the next morning).
So this stuff brings into question the planned 20K next weekend. Do I need to push that hard? The 20K basically replaces a scheduled marathon pace run, so if I'm going to stick to the schedule, I might as well run it. Or do I just want to back off to a 16-miler? Assess for the rest of this week, I guess, and I can just sign up later. | 