Seven days left!

The only reason I've said seven days instead of one week is that it sounds slightly longer.

Training has been pretty much non-existent this week, for two reasons. Firstly, I'm just lazy. Secondly, after my run last week, my left knee was hurting. This worried me a bit, as I've been getting physio on my right knee. I decided to rest my knee for a while until it felt better, but the pain remained until the end of the week. A trip to the doctors has confirmed that I have the same problem with my left knee as I do with my right knee. It's a bit of a setback, as I don't think there is much I can do in a week. I'm just continuing with the training, but not pushing myself too hard.

This morning, I went for a 6 mile run, and the plan is to do another couple of short runs this week. The run this morning was pretty hard work to be honest, I didn't feel as though I had much energy, and to be honest, felt as though I was dragging myself around. The positive (if you can call it that) is that despite my knee problems, my average time wasn't any worse. Although I would have liked to have done a longer run, it's taken me a while to recover from the 10 mile runs, so I thought it best to take it easy so I'm not in pain on the actual day.

There's a mixture of nervousness (read fear) and excitement about the big day - the atmosphere is great (which is expected with 54000 people running), but the prospect of the run followed by a drive back to Birmingham is a little nerve-wracking. Here's hoping for the best!