Back on some kind of track

On friday I left for a weekend in Belgium to celebrate my mum's birthday.

I have to say that normally, I tend to go to the gym with my parents at the weekend. But because Richard, my partner, was there as well we didn't do our usual.

I had packed all my running gear, including my grid roller for stretches before and after. I wasn't too sure on when I would fit the run in, but I was determined to go for my long run. Especially as I was playing catch up with so many sessions I didn't do.

On Sunday morning I put my alarm clock on, had breakfast and out I went for my 2x 2miles run.

I went to the park opposite my parents. I remember it well as it was the park we used to run in with school. My memories was that the loop was really long, as I hated running when I was a kid.
I was always running too fast, which meant I got out of breath and never managed to do any proper running.

However, I found out using my garmin that the loop wasn't even 500m!!!!
So after 2 loops, I decided to hit the streets. Backstreets it was, and I rediscovered some streets I used to walk in. Ran to my high school, discovered a whole new development which replaced an old military hospital.
I didn't meet anyone I knew though from my childhood.
When I came home, I was really happy I made it. It was quick shower, stretch and off to my grandma for lunch.

After over a 3h flight delay, it was eventually quite late when we got home. And Monday I had a super busy and long day.
To top it all up, Rakhee was doing her last running session in the Novice group, as she can't make it next week. So we ran 5k.
A non planned one, but for Rakhee it was her first ever non stop 5k. And for me, it was as well as the last one I did at the MoRun, I had to walk as I started to fast.

So yesterday I decided to have a rest day.
And as my strength and conditioning sessions took the backburner to prioritise the runs, I decided this morning to go for it.

The "filthy 50" was on the programme. Looks easy on paper, but wow, it was harder than expected. But feels good!!!

Hopefully now I'm kinda back on track, and will manage to fit as many of the scheduled workouts as possible.

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