I was tired on Friday and Saturday and slept in late this morning to catch up.  I did feel better after 12 hours sleep but not like rushing out for a run.  By 3 pm I started thinking about going for a run and wondering how far it should be.   I know I need to start increasing my distances,  but  decided to be sensible  and not  do too much too soon.  I shouldn’t jump back to running everyday, 25 plus miles a week and increase my long runs at the same time if I don’t want to get injured.  Long run pencilled in for mid-week! (Phew, got out of that easily)

I finally got out the door at 5pm, after lots of procrastination.  It turned out to be a very good run.  I Just went.  I wore my Garmin to record distance but otherwise ignored it, (apart from stopping it when I had to pause to re-lace my shoes which felt too tight).  I ran without music and loved it.   I ran to my own beat and took in the sights and sounds  of a late Sunday afternoon in London.  I assumed I would run at  an easy pace but leaving my body to choose what felt natural  ended up running faster than my so-called easy or long run paces.

It was one of those enjoyable runs that felt so good and made me think I really should do this every day, all the time.  It only takes half an hour to fit in a good quick run after all!  Funny how it had taken me 3 hours to make the step out of the door.  I only went today because it was day 9 of Juneathon and had to, just shows the power of Juneathon (and Janathon) in forming habits to run regularly (or go to parkrun, or BMF). Thank goodness I can take part twice a year to keep me motivated.   And as they say,  ‘Motivation is what gets you started but habits keep you going’!

Juneathon day 9.  3.38 miles,  30.53 mins