I've been reading the collective wisdom of the RW forum posters, and one thing that I've learned is that "rest days" don't have to mean "do nothing" days - when you're in the middle of the effort and mileage of marathon training a steady or slow, relatively short run can be as restful as doing nothing.
So today, after a gnarly MP session Monday and a hardish track session last night I decided to run at lunchtime and do a steady 5. As l'Herb had finally been persuaded to come to work in a car instead of on his bike (4 days on the bounce - respec') he was up for a run, and as it happened when we went o get changed Murph was there too, so we went out as a three.
Herb did really well considering he's perpetually injured, and Murph was just after getting some running done after building up to the Brass Monkey by working and drinking a lot. We just did the steady 5 miler out to Riddlesden and it really did feel quite relaxing to be running at c8min pace and chatting away about work, the universe and everything.
Just over 5 miles, just under 8min mile pace and HR was (anywhere except on my HRM) very low and easy. May do something similar tomorrow, or may ride my bike, or may watch the telly - not sure yet...
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