There is wisdom to scheduling one's runs for the morning rather than evening. The day has a way of taking over. It was too dark and damp last evening by the time I put on my running gear to continue out. Let me confess that I was distracted from work by coverage of the Queen's visit during the day and made up for the time after Supper. By the time I was finished it was, as I say, dusk and raining slightly. Ugh. I went back in the door.
This morning, I was hardly much better. Lethargic is the word that came to mind. I figured a compromise was best. I walk/ran the first round and managed to run steadily, and happily, for the second half. Three days without a run is a bit much. It's almost as if the muscles begin to believe this campaign might be over and that they can ease up a bit. I let them know who's boss though!
"Well, you will never run a marathon." Etty suffers from ongoing Sarcoidosis which is a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily involves the lungs. Niamh, her sister, likes to run and is going to run the Cork City Marathon on June 6th to raise funds for those suffering from chronic lung diseases. This blog will be a parallel account of their trials and tribulations in the coming months: the would-be marathoner; the mother-of-three moving home and struggling with serious, ongoing Sarcoidosis.
welcome to taper-land! lethargy, sluggishness...so much worse than actually running. 3 days - my longest break in 2011. Hope it does the trick.
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