Running

This run is my second of the week, as I’m still taking it a bit easier due to continuous fatigue in my legs. I went out for a little over 30 minutes this morning, running at recovery pace and doing a three-minute fartlek exercise halfway. I plan to go for a slow, longer run tomorrow to complete this week with a third run.

I’m aiming to start this week strong with an 8k recovery run. Let’s see how I can progress from here. My goal is to complete three runs this week without feeling injured or fatigued along the way.

This 19-minute run is my easy ‘comeback’ run after 5 days of recovery and zero running. My body battery isn’t yet where I want to be, but at least my legs feel a lot better than they did last Sunday. Depending on how I wake up tomorrow (I have a 50th birthday party tonight), I will go for another run.

I’ve decided to pause my half-marathon training plan as my body isn’t recovering enough for me to intensify my training. I will continue running to remain consistent over the next two weeks, but will not engage in any intense interval training or long runs. I hope to see my HRV increase and my RHR decrease by doing so.

While I’m disappointed with the current results, this is just the way it is.

Date	Duration	Average Heartbeat	Distance	Pace	V02Max	HRV	RHR
Week 8	2:10:46	138 bpm	19,2 km	6:47	41,6	52 ms	61 bpm
20250518	43:17	136 bpm	6,17 km	7:01	41,7	57 ms	59bpm
20250516	40:59	150 bpm	6,00 km	6:49	41,8	57 ms	61 bpm
20250513	31:29	137 bpm	5,02 km	6:16	41,8	49 ms	63 bpm
20250512	15:00	129 bpm	2,07 km	7:14	41,5	44 ms	62 bpm

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