Reluctantly I descended my basement steps to get on the treadmill. I just didn’t know how my leg was going to feel. To psyche myself up I lifted weights for a while and did some stretches. I wasn’t going to give up that easily.
As I increased the speed of the treadmill my leg wasn’t hurting as much as yesterday. So I did a steady 08:34/miles for 2 miles and then took a break. I lifted some more and stretched a little more.
The second time on the treadmill was a little more uncomfortable but I made it another 2 miles at 08:34 pace. After 4 miles on the treadmill I was stiff and dejected.
I think I will still go to Champaign but my goal of setting a PR is gone and my expectations will be a lot less.
