Today was slacker – 6 x 2 minute runs with 1 min walks after each. The usual warm up and cool down – I take 5 mins for those.

Just as well it was easier – I had very little energy. It would ‘usually’ be a rest day today. That comes tomorrow, the email says. My running was slow; I felt like one of those guys you see at the end of the London Marathon TV coverage, the ones who are still running hours later. At times it felt like I wasn’t going anywhere but kind of running on the spot. At times my shoes squeaked on the road as I dragged the landings and take offs.

That’s OK, I’m not really judging this, just doing what it says fairly casually. Certainly not pushing it at all. The only push is the effort to go out there when my tendancy and habit and inclination is to lie down or sit down and do some browsing or reading or watching, or whatever.