Was it something in my head or the Albmaleaf

Something amazing happened to me last thursday and again today but I'm not able to offer a diffinitive explanation, and my knees have stopped hurting as much.

My friends already know I've been struggling this last year with a lost running mojo, painfull knees and dealing with an alcohol problem. I'm not going to talk about these here - except to say, my running has not been very exciting these last few months and I've found it very hard to get a sub 50 mins for a 10k (6 mile) run, and anything below 52 minutes I've considered good these days. 

Anyway, in recent days I've been forcing myself to go out and just run 'comfortable'. Some days are more comfortable than others, but at least I've been getting the longer miles back in again. Then this week I get a message from David at Albamaleaf who has followed my lack of enthusiasm on Twitter and he offered me some great remedial advice about PNF massage & stretching plus sent me a sample of his Albamaleaf Gel. 

Thursday (1st December) the Gel arrived just an hour before I was due to go out for run and then to the gym. So I did as he suggested and rubbed some in with a vigerous massage and set out for a run.

So what happened? 

I only ran my 3rd ever fastest time for my 10k route since I started running 5 years ago. and it was a negative split 5k. Time was 46:52

Then today (3rd December) I decided to have a 5k run and then a hard gym session.
So once again I rubbed in some of the Albamaleaf Gel with a deep massage before setting off. Guess what? Another PB - my fasted ever 5k. Time was 22:32


So what did I do differently this last week?
1. Used proper warm up and stretching before I ran (not done that for a year)
2. Had a deep massage with Albamaleaf Gel (never done that before)
3. Have eaten turkey 4 times a week for 2 weeks (300% increase)

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