Ok so I damaged my left hamstring pretty bad just 11 days ago. I rested it totally from running for one week but managed to keep on walking and bike a bit to maintain some degree of fitness and sanity. Then last Wednesday I ran a mile on the treadmill then two miles the following day. No pain, no real reaction so I thought I'd try to see if it would be possible to complete my scheduled weekly long run. The Spen 20 fitted the bill, despite it being a hilly bugger. I set myself a realistic target of sub-3 hours and felt it necessary to take care to avoid any risk of re-injuring the hamstring throughout the pretty gruelling course by aiming to keep to a steady sub 9 min/mile pace. Not that easy in parts though the hotter weather certainly helped to keep my speed down. Six hours after completing the race I can still walk without any pain or discomfort so it looks like a good call. I've now got 5 weeks to VLM. My sub 3.15 attempt is a long and distant memory but if I can get there in one piece then maybe just maybe a sub 3:30 (and PB) might be on the cards. Am I up for it? You bet! === 1) 1m - 8:14(8:14/m) 117cal 2) 1m - 8:48(8:48/m) 121cal 3) 1m - 8:50(8:50/m) 121cal 4) 1m - 8:19(8:19/m) 122cal 5) 1m - 8:35(8:35/m) 124cal 6) 1m - 8:37(8:37/m) 122cal 7) 1m - 9:04(9:04/m) 124cal 8) 1m - 9:21(9:21/m) 121cal 9) 1m - 8:20(8:20/m) 123cal 10) 1m - 9:38(9:38/m) 123cal 11) 1m - 8:44(8:44/m) 126cal 12) 1m - 9:12(9:12/m) 127cal 13) 1m - 8:48(8:48/m) 128cal 14) 1m - 8:41(8:41/m) 123cal 15) 1m - 8:49(8:49/m) 123cal 16) 1m - 8:56(8:56/m) 124cal 17) 1m - 8:47(8:47/m) 121cal 18) 1m - 8:57(8:57/m) 121cal 19) 1m - 8:50(8:50/m) 121cal 20) 0.98m - 8:01(8:10/m) 120cal
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