I've missed you, but I've been without internet for a whole week as I have been timber rafting in Sweden with my family. We built the raft ourselves and traveled 50 km in 3 days on the river Klarälven. A really unique experience, but tough!
I brought my running kit along, but when we got ashore in the evening I was too exhausted to put one foot in front of the other.
Building the raft was a whole day of extremely physically hard work, probably the hardest workout I have ever done (2 tons of timber, 2 adults to carry it around, you do the math). The journey on the raft was no walk in the park either - of course there were calm moments where we enjoyed the stunning surroundings but it was also really intense when we got stuck on sand banks, stones or caught in backwaters. We even got stuck in a hailstorm!
I wonder if a week with only one run but a lot of other physical activity will turn out to be an advantage when I go running tomorrow after a good night's sleep in my own bed...
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When we were stuck in the hailstorm with thunder and lightening right over us that's exactly what we said to each other "this will be a vacation to be remembered!".
Sounds like crazy hard work and slightly crazy too - but an incredible adventure! I'm sure your improved fitness will outweigh any tiredness next time you go for a run!
I hope you are right. I found out my body has muscles I have never used before. The fatigue I felt i in my forearms was a completely new feeling to me.
Go easy on yourself then - a nice "gentle" run just to get those running muscles working again. Nothing speedy, and definitely nothing hilly if you can avoid it...
I think I'll go and meet up with my running club. They run Saturday mornings when I usually go for my weekly solitary "long" (5k) run, but I think I will need them to keep me going tomorrow
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