Well I was supposed to do the resistance training strength circuit today but quite honestly my legs (more accurately my knees) felt like they were going to explode today. 
 

So I decided to take my own advice and train smart not just hard.  This meant that I decided to take the day off training for the Bristol half marathon.
 

Instead I had an hour long trigger point session with one of my massage therapists.
 

If you are not familiar with trigger pointing it is a massage technique where constant pressure is applied to a ‘knotted’ muscle for about 5-20 seconds, released and then re applied.
 

What this does is tell the nervous system to ‘switch’ the muscles of and make them relax.
 

It was incredibly painful but really enjoyable at the same time. 
 

I’m one of those really sick people that actually quite like pain when I know that the end result is I will feel better.
 

Any way, having messed up with the training at the weekend and having such sore legs now has meant the program has had to change again.  I am 1 session behind.
 

Tomorrow I’ll get back on track with the strength circuit of the resistance training schedule and then Thursday it’s time for another 3 mile time trial.
 

I’ll make a decision by the end of the week as to whether I’m going to try and catch up with the missed session or just right it off and continue on plan.
 

It may come as a shock to you to find out that I have never run that far before in my life…it really shocked my wife who just assumed that in my pro rugby days we had done that sort of distance.

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