Jo’s Marathon Blog – week 7 (1-7th August)
After a well deserved - if I might say so! - rest day on Monday I was ready for some running, and once again did a solo "Jo Run" after finishing with my running group on Tuesday. I was feeling pretty buoyed up after Sunday's 14.5 miles, but once I was running on my own (and aiming for 10 minute miles) I felt like my legs had nothing in them! It can take days for lactic acid to drain away from leg muscles, and really I should have done a little run on Monday to help it along, but hey-ho! On Wednesday I planned a hill sprint session, but after the failure of the last one (one 10 second sprint and I was whacked!) I just didn't know how it…