January 2019 ... here we go again!

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

29 January 2019                         22,747 steps        90 minutes running            weight 78.1kg

   I am of the belief that for endurance running the best time to train is when you least feel like it, on the basis that this better simulates the end of a long race when you’re often tired, fed up and just want to be out of there. I therefore got stuck into my longish run this morning prior to breakfast, when all I really wanted was a good coffee, a garlicky omelette and some crispy bacon. With more hot, sticky weather forecast it in any case made sense to get the run done early, and so I did.

   I think I must have jumped up one of those ill-defined but clearly felt levels of fitness; you know, when you feel as if you’ve leapt to a higher level all of a sudden simply because the perceived level of effort is less than it was. It was nothing especially significant, perhaps, but I definitely felt stronger in the legs. So, given the warm conditions and my general feeling of not wanting to be there, this goes down as a good run and a good result. I guess 90 minutes is always going to be a good run no matter how I feel about it afterwards, but also given that it came only three days after my previous 90 minute run, this was a very pleasing effort.