I feel really miserable today. I'm really trying not to give in to it, but everything hurts so bad and I can barely move. Today is even worse than yesterday.

When I walk, I look like I'm walking on stilts. My quads are absolutely killing me. At Hove station this morning, I nearly missed my train because it took me so long to walk down the stairs. (Clutching on to the railing; putting both feet gingerly on each step like an old lady while impatient commuters tsked and tried to rush past me.)

I know it'll fade over the next few days but it just means that I'll be out of action tonight when I'm supposed to run three miles, putting everything out of sync for the rest of the week.

Right. Got to get out of this negative frame of mind. Will go to the gym tonight and try and do some cross-training instead. If I can't manage that then I'll just do some serious stretching. As long as I'm doing something, then it's a step in the right direction I suppose.

It's just sooo frustrating. I only have 7½ weeks to go and I feel that I'm way behind where I should be. But anyway. Enough.