Planning to not plan

Its been a pretty good week non-plan wise.   That is i'm keeping to my plan of getting out regularly and increasing the distances while not really following a plan.   Altho its less than 14 weeks to Dublin i think i'm still not ready to follow a defined plan, however in the words of Nixon i'd soon better do something or get off the pot.

I've been reading a lot of american and canadian blogs about people running in their heat, i.e over 35-40C!!!!    I once ran (while on hols in France) in weather that approached 28-29C.  The result - less a run, more of a walk, and a pounding headache to boot, definitely not my idea of fun (i cant even imagine the effort of breathing in that kind of heat).

This summer (if we're using that word) the temperature has rarely climbed above 20C, and usually has stayed in the 16-18C range - i'm quite happy with this!! 

Last night a case in point.  I left the house at 10:15pm into a soft rainy night.   I did my usual 5 miles route and loved every minute of it.    It never got to the point of being wearisome rain, it felt invigorating all the way, i was prob buoyed up by the fact that, yet again, i forced myself out against my better judgement and felt all the better for it.

Tonight M was going out to the cinema with a couple of friends so i didnt feel too guilty heading out at 7p.m. for 5 miles, nice weather and gentle temperatures, it was nice to get a run in the daytime, all recent runs are still late at night.

Times and distances for the last few days (all slow but who cares, i only had to use the compression bandage once to keep the ankle swelling down - i'd rather run slowly than not run at all).

July 19 - 8km 46:14
July 20 - 8km 48:11
July 22 - 5.3k 29:33
July 24 - 14.44 - 1hr:32:32 (v. rough late night run)
July 27 - 8km about 46 mins (forgot to charge Garmin)
July 28 - 8km about 47 mins (still forgot to charge Garmin, what a dipstick)


And tonights  grey sky over Dublin