Heavy traffic on the Thames

[marathondan]

Took advantage of my newly relaxed lifestyle and bagged 6 miles this morning. It was a little on the warm side and my, it felt hard work. A few times my head dropped and I wondered why I was putting myself through this. A year off takes a lot of recovering from. But I remembered from doing this many times that it's all about slowly, slowly banking miles, and the fitness gradually, but magically, appearing. In the final third my spirits lifted and I finished strongly - and was rewarded with an inner glow for the rest of the day.

But it feels like a long way from a slow 6 miles to a lively 13.1.