Conditions: Dry, warm, humid, black rain clouds. the temperature was 19^C

Remarks: Not an eventful run – I was scheduled to do a 75 min easy on grass and after meeting with Peter today we decided I should drop it back to 30 minutes and pick up the rest (45 min) at a run during working hours.  A BHAA 5 mile Race was on in Ballincollig, and I ran into people after finishing the race – This made me want to get off the road to avoid them, not sure why.

At the start of the run I was very sluggish and my left hip was slightly at me, but by the time I was 5 minutes into the run I was good.

Recovery: I was starved before the run and when I got back I had 1 scup of the protein drink, while stretching – and while my dinner was in the microwave. I added 2 slices of spelt wholegrain bread to the dinner to increase my carbs intake – this was one of the areas I picked up on with Peter, I don’t think I’m getting enough carbs.

Energy Levels during the day: I was tired before the run and if Peter hadn’t said I should reduce the run to 30 min, I would have just done stretching and moved the 75 min run to Thursday as I have done nearly every week over the past month.

Heart Rate: – Average: 124 Max: 164

Average Pace: 8:38 min/mile

Duration: 30m:05s

Distance: 3.48 miles