Reading Half Marathon is tomorrow
This week has been pretty poor in terms of training. I had a sore calf from Friday last week which stayed sore until Tuesday. Then on Wednesday I hurt my quad when the chain broke. Wednesday evening I could hardly walk up the stairs. Even today, it is still sensitive to the touch.
I did a 3hr ride today, followed by a 20 min run. It was really windy and I had a 60mm front wheel on so I really noticed the gusts. I was quite scared a lot of the time for the first hour or so and then I felt more confident. I still don’t plan to use it in Lanza but I figured that if I could get used to the UK winds with a deep front wheel, I will be confident with a normal wheel in the Lanza wheel.
The run was much easier after 3hrs than 4hrs+. Not sure why but it was. Because my quad has been really sore I decided to push the pace up a bit on the way back. That felt fine so I feel confident that I will start at Reading tomorrow. However, I am not confident that I will be able to finish. We’ll see.