Another day of early morning jumps, 1,500 of them - first couple of sets are painful, but building it into the morning routine.
Also, put in my last 7.5k loop of the Palace prior to marathon. Left knee had been bugging me (it always seems to be something), but it was ok today, so hopefully it will be ok on the day of the race. Also, have been working the lats in the gym, I figure that is my point of failure on pull-ups so have been going for some low resistance, high repetition pull-downs to try and build up strength there.
Diet is all ok. Sticking to the program. Though, I have to say the carb loading tomorrow night is going to make the pain of running the marathon all worthwhile. On average I would burn somewhere between 4,000 - 4,500 calories on a marathon - so that is at least a big bowl of pasta and pasta sauce ... smoked oysters, in pasta sauce, mmmm....
good luck with the marathon - you will crush it
ReplyDeleteDude good luck on Sunday. Make sure you stretch before you run, not just calves/quads/hammies but hips, groin, all over/around your legs. When I was training for the first one my knee was acting up, went to Physio, they gave me a few extra stretches, no more knee issues.....here are some:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.arborwellness.com/Stretching_for_Runners.pdf
Oh, and it helps if you shave your legs....
I'll be out cheering some colleagues on on Sunday. Will keep an eye out for you as well. Good luck. Am sure you will crush it!
ReplyDeleteHave fun and no injuries please!
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
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