Week 2 Update

First up, here's a couple of photos of the Williamstown Half Marathon. First up is me being chased down by an angry mob..

...and then after I got away from them, I crossed the finish line a little like this...

So the week after my half-marathon has been a slower week with the running. The legs felt ok in the day or two after the marathon but seemed to feel really heavy later in the week. So it's been a reduced program while still trying to do the majority of what I'm supposed to.


I also ended up at the physio during the week who told me what I already knew - that I have a tight ITB band that needs lots of stretching before it starts giving me some decent knee pain. He also looked at my feet and suggested I have partially collapsed arches. I'm not convinced of this. Standing on his plush carpet, I reckon any arch in the world would have sunk in a little bit! And anyway, "partially collapsed" is not a nice way to describe anything. Perhaps he could have gone with "a little lowered" instead. Or maybe "gravitationally inclined"?!

I bought new runners during the week at Active Feet. Asics Gel Kayano 17's if that means anything to anyone. I gotta slowly wear them in now. I'll do shorter runs with them for starters and build up from there.

Last week while running I had a bug fly up my nose. Not very pleasant. Got him out pretty quick but he had no place being up there!

Week 2 distance covered: 35kms