Alluding back to a run I had with my son, I started out today’s run slow — really slow to get things warmed up. I ran with my son and daughter today, but explicitly declared to everyone that I will be running only and will not walk to accommodate any stragglers. Yes, Father-of-the-Day award goes to me.
My son kept up as I knew he would, though I did slow down considerably when I noticed him struggle with his breathing. My daughter did not fare so well, lagging behind. I later found she was deeply depressed by her inability to keep up, so I made amends to her by promising to work with her on her endurance in the future. She wiped her tears and returned my promise with a smile, and now I feel all nice inside. Hehe.
Legs heavy already from continuous MAF training. I know all I need is a little warm up, and that was all I needed to feel good. After dropping off my kids at home after the first 3.5k loop, I went on to run another 7k of my 10.5k run. Pace was faster but kept it at MAF.
I found that it was a bit difficult to get my HR up to MAF at 140. But once I did, it was relatively easy to maintain the HR at MAF for the entire run. This is a far cry from previous runs where keeping my HR at MAF was difficult.
Now that I’ve had about 5 days of continuous MAF training, I now feel like a sort of din resonating heavily in the background. Like a lack of freshness that hangs throughout the day that I can’t shake off. I’ve been sleeping late every night now, but waking late in compensation, getting about 8 hours of sleep a night.
It could be because I’m also not eating as much the past couple days, really keeping to low carb without cheats. I’m probably also not getting enough calories in general and that’s what’s probably contributing to the slight fatigue. I did want to get a blood test to establish a baseline, but decided against for now.
Lower left calf, upper right calf/hamstring sore. Need to roll them out.
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