Weekly summary - 9 weeks to go

Some problems early in the week with anterior compartment problems (I'm now more convinced than ever of this, despite a formal diagnosis), and then just as things seemed to be going better I take the skin off my hands. It hurts! It's at the stage now where it dries over and then cracks. It's just a patch, of slightly bigger than one centimeter square, missing from each palm near the wrist, plus various other minor abrasions - not too bad really. I felt really tired the day after the fall, but soon recovered. My Saturday run went really well, as I've already documented.

So a lighter week than the schedule demanded, but necessary to let my legs recover. I think if I'd been a bit more diligent about massaging and stretching my shins, then I wouldn't have had the problems - a lesson learnt!

Next week is a 'Recovery Week' according to the schedule. 'Only' 59 miles, and 3 sessions of faster running and speedwork - their idea of recovery appears to be to drop the mileage by 10% and increase the intensity - not sure how my legs will cope, but I'll give it a go.

Monday	Rest		Massage - sore ankle
Tuesday	3 miles	Gentle test run in park
Wednesday	5 miles	Slow run	Leg felt fine but I fell!
Thursday	10.7 miles	slow run	Bit tired!
Friday	6 miles	Easy recovery	V humid - felt uncomfortably warm
Saturday	15 miles	12 miles at marathon pace	Felt good!
Sunday	Rest
Total	39.7 miles