The last 2 runs in week 8 were absolutely the best I've had. So just 1 more to go and then was on to week 9. This morning's w8r3 was not quite up there with the previous 2 runs, with several "I wonder ifs?" Running through my mind.
Were the first 2 runs better as I had changed to an evening run for these. Was it that I was better hydrated in the evenings? Was it just that my body hadn't woken up enough this morning?
I'll be honest the 1st 5 minutes were an absolute disaster, with me almost talking myself into stopping, having an extra rest day and attacking it again tomorrow evening, I just couldn't settle and the legs felt heavy and clumsey. It was then that all the wonderful advise on this forum flowed into my head.
Firstly SLOW DOWN, which I did to probably the slowest I'd ever run since starting this.
Next was something I read yesterday which said "If you're physically exhausted STOP. If you are in pain, STOP. Otherwise keep going you have no excuses. So thats exactly what i did and even managed to get to the end only about 20 mtrs short of where I finished on Friday night.
All in all, I'm one happy bunny and looking forward to week 9.