Week 9 Session 2

With a busy weekend coming up, I wasn't sure when or if I could squeeze a run in and it was quite last when I decided I would have to make the effort tonight in order that I didn't miss to many sessions.
I hadn't eaten much at lunchtime, but more importantly I had only had a single rest day since my last outing and I tend to leave at least 2 at the moment. Knowing what happened last time I ran in similar circumstances (see previous blog) I prepared myself to slow or even stop if I felt at all unwell.
From the off it was a struggle. It usually takes me about 1/2 -1 mile to get into a rhythm and settle down, but when I hit 1 1/2 miles and still didn't feel comfortable doubts about getting through the whole run started creeping in. My markers came and went and each time I thought "just get to the next one". The last stretch to the car is a couple of hundred meters, and still I didn't think I could make it. Arriving back it was the worst I had felt for a while, my heart rate recovery period took much longer than usual and I didn't even have the energy to stretch properly. The time told its own story, 11.10 per mile. Slower than I had been for ages.
Then again, I had completed what I set out to achieve, so cannot be to disappointed.