An alternative run

After yesterday's easy run I had decided to get up early and do a 3hr run on the Braes but my chest was really sore during my swimming lessons. Every time I spoke I could feel it and again any cough was bad news.

During the rest of the day and early evening it felt worse. So by the time I went to bed I'd decided to reduce it to a 2hr run. I didn't sleep too well and woke about 3am finding it difficult to get back to sleep.

I spent a while thinking about the pros and cons of running on the Braes. There is a lot of snow up on the route and it will be quite slippy by now so the risk of falling is high. Plus what sort of run will I be able to do anyway.

On the other side I really hate not doing a run that I have planned but I am trying to be more flexible and falling and hurting myself this week has caused me to be flexible.

So by the time the alarm went off at 7am I'd decided to ditch the Braes run and go for an easy 5miler instead. Call me a wimp if you like but I think it's the right decision. The Hardmoors is less than 3 weeks away and I've done the majority of the training and am feeling good.

Speaking of the Hardmoors my race pack arrived yesterday from Jon. I'm number 29 and I'm looking forward to going over the race route which is slightly different in a couple of places to the Hardmoors 110. The main difference is that after Osmotherly we stay on the official Cleveland Way rather than run up the road past Lake Cod.

BTW I have four entries in for my 'Guess my Time Competition'. Still plenty of time to get your guess in. Has my recent fall affected my chances? Maybe it will be a blessing in disguise meaning I won't do too much in the 3 weeks before the race?

The run itself was fine. I could feel my chest but I took an ibrpofen before the run and I think it kicked in. I also solved the snot issue .... I carried a hanky! So this week I ran 35miles instead of the planned 55miles but I did get over 200miles for the month of February. I'll be doing a review of February in the next day or two.

I have another 55-60miles planned for this week but I'll be taking it a day at a time and see how my chest responds. I said the other day that this doesn't feel like a running injury but I feel my whole body has been battered by this fall and I can't just ignore it.

Sun 28th Feb Run details
5.83miles in 45mins 25secs (7.48pace)