Maria's Running Blog

I think I'm slowly getting back to 100% again. This was a comfortable run and it felt slow at times, but it was the same exact course as I ran on Friday and felt slower, however the time was faster. I ran exactly 1:00:00 (8:41 pace).

I'm going to do one more week of recovery runs, and then start the next cycle.

another short and easy run, 40:44 (9:03 pace). Nothing remarkable, except that it was fairly windy. My goal this week is to not skip days.

I tried to keep it easy today, but the pace stayed around 8:35 most of the time. In the last mile it slowed a bit once I hit Primrose Hill on the way home, and I didn't try to push it. Overall, a very relaxed and enjoyable run. Ended up with 42:15 (8:43 average pace). It will be interesting to see how I run tomorrow.

Easy run, 1:01:22 (8:46 pace). I felt good, trying to re-establish the base with some longer runs this week. I joined this club yesterday, hopefully I'll be able to run some fun races and meet more runners. It's kind of silly to run alone all the time, when there are thousands of runners in central London! They stage some of their own races regularly and you have to be a member to participate, so I'll have more options now. There are also inter club leagues and competitions, even track meets, which unattached runners can't enter.

Next Monday is a bank holiday in UK, so that gives us 3 day weekend. We're going away to Prague very early Saturday morning for some sightseeing and great (and very cheap!) beer. I'm pretty sure I won't run there, but will take my running gear just in case. I always take it to these family trips, but rarely end up running.