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I was much less quick to rise compared to the previous morning, I often find leaving the comfort of a sleeping bag really hard. I eventually got myself up and sorted, and my first steps were agony. That pain below my knee was significantly worse. I had stretched my hamstring before setting off and there wasn't significant tightness there. I was wondering whether I should, or could, continue. On a hunch I tried stretching my inner thigh, after a few seconds of stretching I went from limping to "running".

I was very pleased with this. I've been plagued by injuries recently, the root cause every time was tight muscles. But it would often take me weeks to establish where the tightness was. I've not yet worked out exactly where the root of the tightness is for this one, but I know enough to keep it at bay.

The next section involves lots of flat trails and roads. I slowly ran a lot of this, but my running pace was only as fast as my walking pace from the first day, around 9 minutes / km. I'm not sure whether running this was a mistake or not. Walking would have been more efficient, but it takes me a lot of mental effort to walk at 9 minutes / km, once I lose focus I revert to a more typical, slower, walking pace.

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Coast to Coast Morning 3 - The flat bit

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Don’t think, get out the door

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You can put your sunglasses away now

Get the sunglasses out of storage

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