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Afternoon Run - 11km (managed to reach 60km for the week again)

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And before I know it... it's Monday again.

It was another quiet day in the office (I say office, I was working from home today). And the biggest perk of that other than avoiding the commute, was the opportunity to listen to my own music while I worked.

There was a bonus today, I was in when the postman knocked, and there was parcel for me:

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It featured the above moth Pin Badge in the cover image (featuring one of my fave uk moths, the Garden Tiger) along with a selection of biscuits. It had come from my partner, who had sent to thank me for some stuff I've helped her with over the past few weeks while she has been away. 

To be honest, it just reminded me of how much I miss her... I left her at Carlisle University almost 8 weeks ago, and its still another 6 weeks until she returns home for Christmas... we talk regularly on Microsoft Teams, but that isn't the same as talking to her in person.

Anyway, as I don't much else to do while I'm here on my own, I went for another run after work today. It was the standard route up along the bypass... casual zone 2 stuff, and pretty uneventful to be honest.


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The real talking point I guess is the recovery from the [Marathon]( I ran on Sunday. And when I talk about my recovery, I really mean that I feel totally fine... and I'm not kidding in the slightest!

As mentioned in that post, I took it easy the rest of the day, and took a reasonably early night. The following morning on Sunday I got up and walked downstairs, and my legs felt totally fine. No aches, no pains, no niggles, no aftereffects... completely fine. 


>Its taken me by surprise to be honest, after my first completed Marathon back in March, I could walk properly for nearly a week, and didn't try running until 2 weeks afterwards

I felt so good on Sunday morning, that I even went for a short 3 mile run on Sunday afternoon, and then todays 9km effort was done as normal. I did run both sessions at a very slow and easy pace, but I really do feel great.


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With all of that said, I am still going to take it easy this week, with a significant drop in mileage/effort. Although I do feel ok, my gut instinct says my body will need to rest/recover at some point, and I'd rather take control and do it now rather than risk injury in the next couple of weeks

The graph above shows my weekly running distance, since the last 'easy' week at the end of September, I've been averaging 60-70km per week, culminating in 90km last week. Definitely over due an easier week

*Tomorrow will be a complete rest day, and then just 5-10km on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday will be a rest (or a shortish walk) and then I'll see how I feel on Saturday with regards to a longer run, but will deffo be shorter than recent 'long runs' I can tell you that!*

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