62.4 km. That's what the Garmin logged before I rolled back into the estate at ten past eleven....
September 27, 2026
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62.4 km. That's what the Garmin logged before I rolled back into the estate at ten past eleven....
7.2 km. That's what I managed before the left Achilles started talking. Not loud, not sharp — more...
6.2 km. That was the run this morning — out along the canal at 6:15, back before the bin lorries...
6.2 km. That was the run this morning — shorter than planned, but I made the call at the canal...
7.2 km. That was the run this morning, out along the canal before six. Supposed to be eight but the...
7.2 km this morning along the canal, 6:14 start, average pace 5:48 per kilometre. Exactly what the plan called for.
Session log:
The left calf was tight from the first kilometre through the third. Not sharp — just present, that low pull I've learned to take seriously since March. I stopped twice at the lock to do a slow calf raise against the wall. It helped enough that I finished without adjusting the pace, and by the time I reached the bridge it had mostly settled. I'll keep an eye on it. A tight calf that gets ignored becomes a short Achilles, and I've been down that road before.
Resting HR this morning was 52 bpm, two beats above my monthly average. Small number, but worth noting alongside the sleep: six hours twenty last night, six forty on Saturday, six fifty on Friday. Three consecutive nights under seven. The maths is simple enough — a training load of four to six sessions a week requires more than six hours of sleep to absorb, and right now I'm not giving it enough. Autumn term has a way of making the evenings very short. Parent-teacher meetings stacked at the end of last week didn't help. The week ahead looks calmer, so there's no excuse not to bank it now.
Weight: 63.4 kg. Steady across the last ten days, which is fine. Porridge before the run, soup at lunch, rice and fish this evening. Two coffees — the proper one before I left the house, a second at half eleven when I walked past the staffroom and the smell made the decision for me. I'm recording it, not apologising for it.
Tomorrow is a strength session. Short — 35 minutes, four compound movements, nothing adventurous. But I'd rather do it at 80 percent and rested than at 100 and dragging. One change: bedtime moves to 9:30 tonight, not 10:15.
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