Week so far

Tuesday: Did little over 8 miles with 8 strides thrown in.

Wednesday: Did 8 miles with 3 of them @7min/mile pace. Was supposed to do 3x1600m at 5k pace but i don't want to cram in too much speed at this point. I have a 5k race in the middle of June and I should probably start working in repeats after Ottawa.

Friday: Did 5 miles recovery. Didn't get back from run until after 11pm. Though running at recovery heart rate, pace was under 9 min/mile which is probably a result of it being cool outside.

So marathon is next Sunday. Look at the weather forecasts for the week has been interesting. A couple of days ago, they were predicting highs of 26C for race day. Yikes! Now its a high of 18C which is a little more reasonable though still a bit warm for someone that's been running in sub 10C weather for the past few months.

Looks like i'm driving to ottawa next week. i was torn between flying and driving. Flying has less hassles and i don't have to sit in a car for 5 hours each way, but with driving I can bring more stuff and can come and go as i please. In the end, the bringing more stuff with me won out. I can bring my foam roller and stick which wouldn't make it past security in my carry-on. Also, with the more space, i can bring my tripod which will allow me to get some nice night time pictures of Parliament Hill. Here's one from a few years ago.

So i still have a bandage on my knee. The bandage is supposed to be left on as long as possible. I'm going to take it off on Monday morning if it lasts till then. I can't fully bend my knee because of it and i haven't been able to stretch one of my quads which means there's a bit of an imbalance in my stretching routine. My one leg is more flexible than the other. Probably not good.

12 miles tomorrow. I was thinking of driving downtown to run by the lake, but it's looking to be quite cool and windy. Will probably do it up here.