It’s been my weekend to work and it’s been a bit of a nightmare and taken me out of my comfort zone.
Today I’m off but I need to go in for a couple of hours to make sure alls ok, ‘see you in the morning then’ says a colleague as i was leaving yesterday 2 hours after i should have left. ‘No’ I’ll go in at lunch time, If go in first thing I know i won’t run, so I’ll go after my run.
Willow was looking forward to a walk so to the river we went…. stopping at work on the way to check everyone’s safe and they are so i can enjoy my run.
Cross the bridge, look over the side, the tide is out the river is low, very low, the water is clear and the sun is shining.
I’d decided 5k would be a nice run and 2.5k turn and back, Willow set off next to the river and I ran along the flat pathway, under the shade of trees, this is nice, and a little faster, can I keep it up? doubt it but let’s see. I was breathing harder than usual but then usually I don’t puff much at all. The speed runs and intervals I’ve been doing lately have taught me that I’m not likely to drop dead if I pant a bit. I remembered the sentence, if i can say this sentence out loud without having to take a breath I not going to fast, so I did and i could. So there you have it, this is the famous conversational pace and goodness knows what I’ve been doing then, doze off pace i guess.
This track is a favourite of walkers runners and cyclists, lots returned my greeting so it’s a friendly place to run,
Turned and headed back, I’m tiring now a bit so decided on intervals for the return journey and surprised myself.
Willow had a lovely walk, saw a couple of herons as well as other birds. He didn’t have to wait long when he got back to the car when I arrived grinning 😀 and buzzing, that was a lovely lovely run, so he says ‘same again tomorrow then’ and yes but maybe i’ll start a bit slower tomorrow and call it a recovery run.
Have a great bank holiday