March

[marathondan]

Ah, back on the road with a 5 mile fartlek. The good thing about fartlek is that you can make it as easy or hard as you like. This one was probably... medium -- some good long strides blowing away dust if not yet rust from the muscles, while only really stretching the lungs to bursting point once or twice.

I'm feeling very refreshed after a week off -- I guess I'm very lucky that my couple of days below par didn't turn into anything worse. It's seems that nipping in the bud is a lesson for the future. I do wonder if a week off (maybe with a little cross-training) is actually the way to go before embarking on the hardcore, high-teens-mileage final push of a marathon campaign. Or is it actually exactly the worst time to be taking one's foot off the gas? Only time will tell.