A.M. Start of a recovery week, cut back mileage and no taking splits, the only time I shall look at the garmin is the start and finish of a run. Rough conditions this morning, we had a storm in the night with winds at 100 km/h here, the Black Forest recorded 140 km/h winds. When I went out the storm was still in the process of dying itself out. I kept to the valley floor avoiding the woods but the first 14k was into the wind & rain and was exhausting. I nearly binned it after 6k but the thought of having to come out again today to finish the mileage was enough to make me carry on. After the turnaround it should have been easier with the tailwind but I was wornout and it was just a slog to get back. Total 26k in 2:07:53, av pace 4:55/k, 7:55/mi. | 