Today I went out for a 6 mile run. This turned out to be a tough little run!! Legs were feeling tired and a bit heavy, after yesterday’s 20 miles. 

This is the point of postponing my rest day until Tuesday so I can run on heavy tired legs and feel the challenge of that. 

From running previous marathons when the legs get heavy and tired somewhere around 18-20 miles this is understandably when things start to slip!! So my Monday morning plan is hopefully going to help with that. I know that at that mileage my legs will still get tired but if I train my body to cope with it better then hopefully the slip will be smaller.

On a positive I had no soreness from the 20 miles only the fatigue. My left knee is feeling a little unstable which I’m hoping is fatigue too. Tomorrow I have decided to take a full rest day from exercise to see if the knee will feel normal again. There is no pain which is a positive, it just feels a little weird!! I still have two classes to teach so a bit of demoing to do but a rest is needed. 

I know it’s really important to listen to my body when embarking on a training plan like this. Take a rest when needed. Hopefully this will come to nothing  and Wednesday’s run can go ahead at full pace 👍