Off and on

I finally took a day off yesterday - I could no longer see any point to keep running while feeling so tired. As always the rest worked! I managed to go out for a 15-mile run this morning. I also included a 5-mile run at the half-marathon pace, and in the last mile I recorded 6 minutes and 16 seconds; probably the fastest mile I have ever run in the tempo run (Apparently I did just over 6 minutes per mile in the interval run, according to my training diary, which I found hard to believe!) So all went well but I am feeling tired again this evening... Oh well I am planning to go for only a short and easy run tomorrow, to my great relief!

Today: 15 miles
This week: 33 miles

Tapering off

This is Week 2, and I started to taper off. Which is just as well because I am feeling tired at the moment. And it is not just legs, but my whole body is aching. I have misgivings about the sharp drop-off in my workload, but the reality is I could only do short and easy runs yesterday and today. I hope I will feel fresh again soon, so that I will be able to re-think my strategy as to how I am going to spend the last three weeks.

Today: 8 miles
This week: 18 miles

Autumn sky

Over the weekend the weather felt like summer, but it suddenly turned autumn-like today. The photo on the left is the sky from Canary Wharf around 6 p.m. - I took it because it looked very much like autumn. The autumn also means it will be colder, which is good for running. The best temperature for running is probably 10 degrees celsius; we are getting there!

Today: 10 miles
This week: 10 miles

A little anecdote about this photo. I had to put down my shopping bag in order to take this picture, and I was moving away from it as I wanted to get a better composition. Within 5 seconds a security guy ran toward me asking if it was my shopping bag. Just shows you how tight security is at the moment, especially in the financial district.