Working from home for a couple of days has provided the answer to the question - Why do I run? My discipline is horrendous! I'm sat at the dining room table for a few days on an ITIL course & I just keep snacking! It doesn't help that the course is broken into hour chunks, neither does it help that we appear to have so many tasty things stowed away. Perhaps I'm just making it easier for our upcoming kitchen fit out, not so much to pack away as I've already stuffed my face with most of it!
One benefit to working from home is that I'm less time constrained in the morning. It meant that today I wasn't overly concerned with how long I was taking to get ready & once running I wasn't checking the watch to ensure I made a specific train. This meant I was perfectly relaxed for the prescribed 40 minutes of easy running this morning. I was intrigued to see how I'd be feeling just two days removed from 15km. Although I had no pain in either Achilles, the shins were sore to start with.
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| Reasonably steady |
My tempo was around the 6:00/km throughout, just over rather than under. My first km always appears to be my slowest on an easy run, this is no bad thing though & I soon settled into a rhythm. The thing I took most encouragement from is that the hills of Stansted didn't take too much out of me, my pace uphill was almost as good as on the flat.
A good run to start the week with, tonight I've prescribed some ice & possibly a swim with Thursday's Fartlek session the next focus.
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