[{"image":{"filepath":"public:\/\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/transparent.png"},"textarea":{"index":0,"content":"I\u2019m lying here in bed at the end of a day that\u2019s featured a 6-mile run as the second leg of the Jersey Marathon relay, and I believe this is probably my most disappointing race yet.\n\nI started fast, couldn\u2019t keep it going and then ended up needing to take several little walks, although, on the plus side, I did beat a 10km\/h average so in some ways I really should be happy. I just expected more though.\n\nThen I got back home to hear how brilliant the first leg of the marathon was with my wife running around town to a fantastic reaction and great crowds. While I suffered in front of very few people and struggled for motivation just as I do when training.\n\nSo my 9.6k was done in about 56:20 which was only OK. Not terrible, just OK, but certainly worse than I was hoping.\n\nThen getting off the bus back at the start revealed that I was actually in a little bit of discomfort from my right leg which I\u2019d never noticed when running \u2013 as usual, as if my body would ever let me know when I was running in pain. It didn\u2019t get better during today so now I\u2019ve come around to thinking that I hurt myself early in my run, but didn\u2019t know anything about it so didn\u2019t adapt much other than running slower and doing a bit of walking.\n\nIt\u2019s also putting my other run plans at risk. The big goal is a sub-2-hour half marathon in Silverstone next year, so any thought of the Durrell Dash and the Spartans Half Marathon have to wait for now. All a bit frustrating, but I\u2019ve been lucky with injury for a fair while now."},"link":{"url":null}}]