Week 7 Day 1 medium run and Tip of the Day!

Hip feels much better after some physio and massage from my physio (thanks Gill!)

Painful but good ultimately. Though it was nice having a home visit, laying in the garden, cats walking past and wanting a stroke. Sort of relaxing.

Also invested in a foam roller for a bit of self massage when needed.. almost an exercise using in itself doing a plank or reverse plank and pushing/ rolling the roller on legs etc. Ouch, painful.

Hip feels a lot better so tried the fairly hard Upton -> Heswall run and back, but at a slower pace - approx 10 miles and two long hills in the middle going up & up.

Didn't push the pace too hard but felt okay, warmed up and did those hip extension exercises after 2 miles.

Comfortable sub 9 min miles, most around 8m30s, 10.5 miles in about 1hr 30 minutes.

5-10 minute rest and then into Cath's body conditioning class. Mix of all sort of things as usual. Even a few kettle bell style exercises, squat into a press and similar.

Oh, important point to remember, protein/ carb drinks are milk based... Had one in my bag all day took a big swig before the class and it was starting to go off... not nice. Ugh.

Added this to my list of things to do before a run... along with vaseline and plasters, emergency jelly babies, etc..