A.M. Recovery run day but an absolute beautiful morning and I ended up running twice as much as planned. I drove our car into the woods to run an easy 10k loop but it was one of the days where you don't want the running to end. Sun, blue sky with fluffy white clouds, deer scattering in a castle's grounds, the smell of the trees, the views from a plateau where in the summer gliders fly, it was with reluctance that I finally stopped. I went shopping with my wife yesterday afternoon, she wanted to buy a watch and after endless shops we came home with a cast-iron teapot. No matter what angle you look at it from it will not tell the time and looks awfully cumbersome on your wrist. Today's run was the perfect antidote. Total 20k in 1:45:24, av pace 5:16/k, 8:29/mi.
P.M. Short treadmill run, played with the thing increasing the segments upto 15 km/h for a couple of k then back down again. Why don't they show pace if they are built for runners? Total 6k in 25:57, av 4:19/k, 6:58/mi. | 