I haven't been very good lately with exercise, food and blogging, both reading and writing. I took about 19 days off not so long ago. I didn't run, I didn't blog and I ate badly, it was a nice break but towards the end I needed to get back on the road. I'd like to put it down to the fact that my Achilles tendons were sore and I was resting them, but I could have ran. Maybe I was tired but that wasn't really it either. I guess I got lazy and didn't really want to run. I needed a break.
It is amazing how a little break like that can set you back in your training. My first run back was supposed to be a nice 6km run. I felt after running 21km in my last run before my break that 6km would be doable. Not so. At 5.26km the old ITB issue struck again and I had to walk the last 750m back to the car. I went home and took out the foam roller again and rolled out the legs. The next run was better and I finished the nice 6km run at a very good pace.
Since then I've only completed two more runs a 5km and a 2.5km run. The short one was because it was all I could squeeze in and rather that skip a run, as I would have before, I ran what I could and ran it fast. I think the break has been good for me and I'm enjoying running again. Time to set a new, flexible, plan for the next month or so.
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