I managed to sneak in a quick run before going to an off-site meeting in Richmond that ran from 2PM to 10PM. I felt good, but it was frustrating that I only had 50 minutes to run. Garmin was out of battery, so I took a regular watch, and I think that I didn't press the start button fully after one of the stops at intersections, because the time was 43:48, which amounts to 7:57 pace. It's quite impossible for me to run that fast on an easy run.
I'm hoping I will be able to run at work at lunch or right after work - I work in a business park in West London, on the outskirts in a rather rural area overall. Business park is nice, with golf course and few lakes, and I even found a map of running routes on its web site, which is encouraging. Even more important, my building has showers on every floor, and lockers (although I think they're too small for a sports bag), so it should be possible to run and have a place to shower and change. I hope to try it out some time soon, when I'm more comfortable at work, and won't feel stressed by going running and not being available for meetings or ad-hoc discussions. But right now it's tough as I feel like my routine is completely broken. And it's a bad timing too, 1.5 weeks before the marathon. | 