Yesterday was a crazy day somehow, I mean I reached a point by midday where my mind seemed to be in a whirl, trying to do ten things at once at work. Finally during my lunch break I turned off work for a bit and focused on something totally different for awhile. This helped restore balance and I could continue to work through the rest of the day.
My wife is gone for a long wellness weekend in the Black Forest with a girlfriend, so after work I headed over the local research center and ran three 6.6 km loops around the lighted complex. By the third loop my legs were no longer happy and the strong wind and rain did nothing for my mental state, so I called it quits after 20 kilometers. I ended up running at a pretty fair average pace for the three rounds, around 5:55/km. I completed the first two rounds at a very consistent 5:45/km pace (9:16/mi), which is a bit faster than I run my longer runs this time of year. All in all I think it was a good workout.
I think for the rest of the year I am going to continue to run four times a week, but limit my runs to a maximum of two hours or so. In January I will start training for next years races, hopefully peaking with a 100K race in the mid-year.
