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Yes, well to be fair on myself I did had a fever, was contemplating not running. Ran on panadol extras the whole way and have been ill since then.

Other comments have already been positive so I will take the opportunity to be a bit negative here. I ran the Paris marathon a couple of weeks ago targeting 4:00 but came in at 5:11!!!!! I had trained A LOT so was also super dissapointed. Same thing, people said I should be proud but I'm not at all. Only solution for me (and maybe for you) is to try again. ---- happens...

Ok, so took last week off completely and now I feel great, all the small aches are gone. I reckon the old body just needed some rest. Interestingly, when the biggest pain (which was in my knee) had died down, I noticed other things were also painful. I also noticed I needed a full week to get everything back to normal, I wonder why the training plan does not include any longer periods of rest? Maybe they are designed for people below 30! Half marathon this week end so hopefully I can go full out there now!

Thanks, I was hoping to hear it is normal with a bit of pain but I guess it's better to be safe than sorry. I'll get on that bike tomorrow I think!

Hey, I am in the middle of a marathon programme and am having a constant nagging feeling that I am about to get a serious injury. This is because I am always in a little bit of pain (different parts, can be the knee, shins, bottom of my heel etc.) but not enough to stop me from running and certainly far from what I have been able to read on blogs etc about common injuries, but they are still there if you know what I mean. I am wondering if anyone else has the same feeling which (in case there are many) would probably mean it's perfectly normal to be in a bit of pain (if not I guess I need to take a break...)