Alternative commute

Yesterday (Tuesday) I decided that I would run home from work.  I took my kit in with me and changed for the run home, stuffing my pack with the clothes I had been wearing during the day.  This proved to be really good training for the SLMM; my pack was quite full, not really heavy but heavy enough.  From the Museum to Paddington station is 2.46 km which I did in 13:56, including fielding a phone call from the estate agent!  From Reading station home I ran a 6.79 km route in 34:32.  That is a total of 9.25 km in 48:28 which isn't a bad time given I was carrying a pack.  I probably took longer than this as I stopped at Staples to buy ink on the way and didn't time that bit, so it is probably closer to the 60 min mark.  Either way it was a good experience and one I will be repeating again.  It is an easy way to fit in another training session without it taking up time I could use for other stuff.  I can always extend the route at either end to give a longer run in total.

Bank holiday Monday

I went in to work today. It wasn't all bad as I was doing Nature Live rather than proper work, so it was a short and fun day. But still, it was work on a bank holiday. I went out for a run when I got home (4.71 km, 23:53); I am really enjoying being back in the swing of things. I am thinking about running home from the station tomorrow, combining the commute and exercise with a spot of load carrying.  We'll see how that pans out.

Double session

It's been a busy weekend so far. Yesterday we went for a walk along the coast in Lymington, New Forest, which was windy but lovely. I followed that up with spending a couple of hours out on a search (SEBEV).

However, instead of taking it easy today, I managed to do two lots of training today. First, I went for a swim for an hour and covered 1.5 km in the pool. It felt pretty good, even though my stamina has not improved at all recently.  I need to work on that, but I have no idea how.

This afternoon I decided I would go out for a short run.  I did the usual campus route, but amazingly I clocked a PB for that route, completing the 5.48 km route in 25:22.  Quite where this came from I don't know, but I am very pleased with it.  I think having a good day yesterday and a decent and well earned night's sleep may have contributed though. I am now off to brag to my SLMM training partners!

Back on the wagon

I was at Lord's again on Monday for nets and I picked up a nasty bruise on the inside of my thigh misjudging a ball while batting ( I did that a lot!).  So when I went out for a run today it was quite painful.  Still, seeing as this was the longest run I've done in a while (11.72 km, 63 mins) I was pretty pleased. It was quite hard work, but I didn't feel that was a bad time given I haven't done more than about 5 km for a few weeks. My SLMM partner gave me a bit of a verbal kick up the arse today so I had to go out and do something otherwise I feared a worse tongue lashing later! Hopefully this will satisfy!