So after a loooong weekend, 4 days off from work with just 1 workout over the 4 days, I am ready to get back into the training and building. On the plate for today, an 8K tempo run, around the crowchild loop. It is quite windy today, westerly chinook wind making lots of noise through the building.
The first three K are into the wind, and the same feelings are creeping in (and they are not good). Starting to think I am coming down with something, and tried to cough something up while walking under the crowchild bridge. Now this is getting sucky.
Enough feeling sorry for yourself, and with the wind at your back, just take it easy and run. It starts feeling good, and speed picks up, and next think I know, the heart rate is up, and I am solidly tempoing. I keep this up for several K, and kept a 4:35-4:45 pace for the next 3 K. I know I am wind-assisted, but the rest of the run felt great, and the sun on my face is wonderful.
Feels good to shake off that malaise, even if its just for a little while....
update: looking at the charts this evening shows me that my heartrate dropped by 37 bpm in the first minute the first time I stopped, and the second time, after a hard run up the ramp at princes island, it dropped from 177 to 126 in under a minute. That would be 51 bpm.... Wow!.
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