Awful statistics. Lovely run. It’s hard to reconcile the two. Today felt very comfortable at 8:40, but according to my heart rate, this was tempo pace. A pretty good indication of my current level of fitness and that I’m still focusing much too much on times rather than building some strength, cardio vascular fitness and stamina. I must slow down, burn some calories and concentrate on the long term goal. Build a foundation before adding any kind of quality (not that this was a quality session by any stretch of the imagination.

Remember that old phrase about watching a bucket fill drop by drop – (in all honesty, I can’t remember it as you can tell).

Oh, and talking of stretching…