Week 4

When I got up this morning I immediately felt a strain on my legs. I guess I haven't fully recovered from the marathon-pace run on Saturday, so I decided to have an easy run. I intend to reduce the weekly mileage this week, before hitting the peak (hopefully) next week.

I have read more story about Tosa. She got injured one month before yesterday's race, while she was during the altitude training in China. Two weeks before the race, she was still suffering from pain and she called her husband (who was in Japan) and cried and told him she might have to retire. I can definitely identify with this sentiment from my own experience with injury. Of course she was under the pressure thousand times bigger than mine, but as a runner the worst feeling you get is when you are unable to run when you want to. I also saw that her fellow marathon runner was asked about Tosa, and she replied "she is very influential because she really tries hard." I like the "really try hard" bit, because as a professional runner I am sure she tries very very hard herself, but (or precisely because she does it herself) she can appreciate the extraordinary effort level by Tosa.

Finally my thanks to a rubbish collector I encountered this morning. I saw he was about to come out to the street so I stopped (he was working, so he should have a priority) but then he stopped and signalled me to go. I was out of breath so I could only raise my hand as a sign of recognition, but if he is reading this blog (no chance!) I would formally like to say thank you. Please don't think we runners do not show appreciation to your kindness. We are always so grateful when somebody make way for us. It is especially helpful, as it happened to me this morning, towards the end of training.

Today: 8 miles
This week: 8 miles