Slip sliding away...

"You know, the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away" - Neil Simon.

Depressing way to start, but it aptly describes the way I'm feeling at the moment. TA and I went out for a 90 minute run this morning (at 6am so she could get back for work and me for church - wasn't as cold as I was expecting), but unfortunately the thigh started screaming after about 4k and I had to bail out so only ended up doing about 7k. Lots of ice, lots of massage (massaging it during the sermon - hope the pastor didn't take my grimaces of pain for reaction to his talk :-)

It's OK to walk on, but it's pretty sore when going up and down stairs. I think that all I can do now is go to 100% taper mode and not run again before Sunday. I might try the bike on the wind trainer mid week, and if it doesn't cause any pain then ride to work on Thursday. However, I'm not doing anything that might stop it getting better (enough) by Sunday. I've made the mistake of investing too much emotional energy into this race to walk away now.

I've just had a thought... Do you think that TA will wait on me hand and foot for the week so I can avoid any potential damage I might do getting up out of the easy chair?? :-)

As an aside, I can't whinge too much. On the way home from watching our beloved Swannies beat Port Adelaide, we visited my dad who's recovering from brain surgery to find him up and running around like a spring lamb. Pretty cool! Who needs thigh muscles... :-)

sfG