Despite around eight hours driving and a 4:45am start to the day, I felt remarkably enthusiastic about today’s run and really fancied an eleven miler (am I nuts?). Unfortunately, due to dog-walking and child-minding obligations, I had to cut this short to 7 miles.
So energised was I that I pushed the pace a little (it was 24 degrees and humid) and let my heart rate soar to an average of 173bpm. I know this is exactly what I shouldn’t be doing at this stage in my training, but sometimes the heart rules the head. Lovely!
6.65m | 56:13 | 8:28 | 173bpm | 10k zone
Musically, things are ticking along quite nicely. Reasonably pleased with the compositions. Just finished a couple and looking to start track number three of Deva in the next couple of days. (Just giving the ears a bit of R&R.)
But I’m finding no rhythm or consistency in the running. It seems that I’m out for a couple or three days and then something comes along and that’s me done for another week. Last week it was the unexpected biopsy, before that a trip to London and earlier in the month, four days at Disney. I’m not sure how I managed to fit the running in around this kind of stuff before, but I think it’s to do with early starts. I know the dog would really appreciate that, so maybe it’s time to kick off the 6.00 am runs again.
Today was very enjoyable. Typically slow pace / high heart rate, but that’s not concerning me at all at the moment. I just want to get two or three months solid running behind me so that it’s locked in again.
4m | 34:12 | 8:32 | 173bpm | 10k zone (hah!)
