TEN MILES

Today I'm feeling invincible! I ran ten miles this morning. TEN FREAKIN' MILES. I was worried all week about the fact that it was two miles further than last week. But I did it. And it really wasn't too bad. I'm tired now, but I did it. And that makes me feel that next week's eleven mikes won't be so bad.

I used an audio book and it distracted me. I ran for two hours, sixteen minutes and forty-three seconds. That's going to get longer over the next lot of weeks, and Stranger In A Strange Land is plenty long enough to last a few long Saturday runs.

I used the KT Tape and my knees feel good, even after ten miles. (Did I mention I ran ten miles?) The right one was starting to niggle a bit and the left one always hurts, but having had my knees taped since Wednesday evening, yesterday was the first day since I don't know when that they both felt dead on. I have been more careful about not crossing my legs, just been more careful in general about how I hold my legs, and I've been looking into anti inflammatory foods and eating them, so perhaps that's playing a part.

The hydration pack worked well too. I just half filled it. So that was one litre. I used the tablets too. They are a sport fluid replacement drink. I got them to do a wee bit more than water would. But I've made a mistake. Its a zero calorie one. I actually wanted it to have calories, to replace the energy I'm expending. I'll get something else but it did for this week, and drinking on the run was no problem.