Day 32, 33, 34, 35

Day 32 was a 3 mile run. This was a nice easy run. A friend was in town so we went for the run together. A bit slower of a pace than myself, but it was great to run with someone and just shoot the shit instead of listening to music.

Day 33/34 were rest days. I contemplated doing my long run on Day 34, but just couldn't get the energy to do it along with some concerns about weather/time/fitness/etc.

Unfortunately, Day 35 didn't fare much better. It was to be a 12 mile run, but from around 4 mile mark on, my right leg just didn't feel right. It seemed to come back down sooner than it should and towards the end, my groin was really starting to feel it. I'm unsure if it was due to the fact that I was doing the run in the Fieldhouse (which means I was running loops), or if it was dietary/sleep/strength/etc. Either way, I only reached 8.32 miles before I called it quits. As I remember reading somewhere, you have to have bad runs to appreciate the good runs. Right now, I'm going to focus on getting a stretching regiment together and also start doing some strength training again (squats for sure) to try and steer off this problem. I'm confident I can still complete the marathon, but I'm concerned on how much my long runs will be affected.