I'm training for the half marathon and have been doing so for nearly 4 weeks now. I'm pretty comfortable doing around 4 miles at the moment.
I'm finding that my breathing/stamina is ok and I think I could go on for quite a bit further than 4 miles. However, my legs disagree. I guess working on strengthening them in the gym might accelerate my progress?
With attending the cricket and football getting in the way, I didn't run from last Saturday through to Wednesday this week. When I went out on Wednesday I barely got a mile before my ankles and legs were giving me serious grief, like it was my first ever run. It the end I had to stop, at which point they felt even worse, throbbing away.
I went out last night and did 4 miles without a problem. It was almost as if I had to get rid of the cobwebs on the Wednesday, having had a whole 4 days off!
Is this normal for somone fairly new to this, like me?