So after a Parkrun pb and my longest bike ride ever I was feeling pretty invincible. Got up on Sunday raring to go, and after picking up some bits and bobs in town and walking home I started mentally preparing for my run. I thought about cycling just to work out the kinks from the ride, but then I started seeing results of 10ks from all my twitter friends and that inspired me to get out and run - it was a lovely day after all. I set out at an easy pace. The plan was to do 5 miles and I figured given the success of my marathon and the last few weeks of training beforehand that my easy pace was at least 20s per mile quicker. I had no zip in my legs at all, but decided to plod on. My turnaround point was at 2.25 miles, so I figured the run would come up short anyway. I decided to stop and do some stretches to help with the speed. I started on the way back and it actually began to feel harder, I really had to use a lot of focus to keep running, then on the way back I decided to take the grass route to save my legs. So glad I did this as I discovered a swan's nest- amazing. Stopped to take a few pics. My legs were so sore I decided to just walk home. I was getting no benefit from this run, and my heart rate was pretty high for such a slow pace. Last night I felt fevery as I was going to bed, and today I have a sore throat and am achy all over, so I guess the bad run was because I was getting sick.
This doesn't bode well for my 10k at the weekend, but at least this is probably the best timing to get sick for all the other races I'm doing this year. Decided to take it real easy this week as I'm only human...
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