The B&A Trail 1/2 Marathon is in 2 days and I just made the biggest mistake a runner can make, that is, I tried something new right before the race. I tried a new hamstring stretch I'd read about-extra-big lunges with no weights, the goal being to keep moving instead of static stretching. And silly me pulled some serious hamstring muscles and I have less than 36 hours until the gun goes off. Errrgh. So tomorrow I'll be stretching all day, real gentle stuff in hopes of loosening up those muscles enough that they don't cramp up during the race.
You would think that after more than 3 years of reading running magazines, running races, hanging out with runners and running thousands of miles, I would have figured that out, but no. Errrgh. I'll keep you posted.
~Bethany
