A quiet (running) end to a cracking year

13M double; recovery & general aerobic runs
4M am recovery run at ~8.30min/M
9M pm general aerobic run at ~6.15min/M

I'm going to do a long one tomorrow, so I kept it easier than originally planned today. Yasmin and I headed to the Heath first thing (over Parliament Hill, to Kenwood and back). And I made my way to our New Year's eve party in Queen's Park by a 9ish mile route. A fairly gentle end to a cracking year. My 36th. And best yet.

Steady

16M double; recover & general aerobic runs
6M am recovery run at ~7.00min/M
10M pm general aerobic run at ~6.15min/M

Today it was another case of squeezing running in between work and the like. I managed 10 along the river and up to Euston. My legs could feel yesterday's tempo. Which is good.

I'm loving my North London run to work (great sunrise over the City from Parliament Hill today) even if I haven't quite nailed a perfect route yet.

Tempo - in a storm

15M double; recovery & tempo runs
6M am recovery run at ~7.00min/M
9M pm including 5.5M tempo

My legs are definitely back on track. So running is now mainly restricted by being too busy.

I managed a pretty good tempo session along the river after work. The weather was atrocious. Horizontal rain. It was good fun. I was absolutely exhausted and feeling a bit busy by the time I got home. Not sure why. That doesn't normally happen on shorter runs.

Steady

15M double; recovery & general aerobic runs
7M am recovery run at ~6.45min/M
8M pm general aerobic run at ~6.00min/M

My legs were still tired this morning, but I think that was an after-effect of yesterday rather than the general tiredness I've had the last few days. Cos I was better by the evening. I felt much lighter on my feet and had a pretty good 8 miler.

Some speed for my sluggish legs

13M double; speed session & recovery run
8M am incl speed session with 2000-1600-1200-800-400 off 120-120-90-60s jog
5M pm recovery run at ~8.30min/M

Two runs around Port Meadow today. My legs are still feeling tired, but I managed a solid speed session. I like this one. No Garmin, so my speed was hard to judge, but it hurt. So that's good.

My second run was a gentle one with Yasmin. Mid-afternoon. One small lap of the Meadow.

Back to London (and work) tomorrow.

Legs pretty tired

13M double; recovery runs x2
7M am recovery run at ~6.45min/M
6M pm recovery run at ~6.30min/M

My legs are pretty tired. I'm not sure why really. Partly the hills up here in North London?? That would seem a bit pathetic. Probably at least partly just general tiredness from the house move and being non-stop recently. But it's probably also just one of those cyclical things - just like I was full of energy unexpectedly 2 weeks or so ago.

Thanks to the tiredness, I kept it to two short-ish ones today. Seven around Highgate Woods in the morning and then six into and around the centre of Oxford in the evening.

My second one was done wearing my new ultra-reflective Nike running jacket. A Christmas present from Y. Life insurance.

A Christmas 15

15M am medium long run at ~6.30min/M

Gorgeous Christmas morning run taking in Highgate Wood, the Heath, Primrose Hill and Regent's Park (and back). And all before breakfast, so the rest of the day was free for eating and presenting. My legs need to get used to the hills up North London way - they were tired by the end.

Five

5M am recovery run at ~7.00min/M

Not much again today. Just a run across the Heath to Muswell Hill before Xmas preparations entered full swing.