I had a fairly surreal day today. I can scarcely feel that it occurred. This is mostly because of my run this morning. Can you believe it? I woke up momentarily this morning at 3am, 4am, 5am and finally decide to get out of bed at 6am. Usually this happens when I’m expecting something to occur – like a run into the office. yesterday, I’d started thinking about not doing today and just ‘rest’, but that was just my weakness trying to talk me out of it. I knew at 3am that I was going to go, no matter what, it just needed to come.

The run was weird because it didn’t feel like anything I’d felt before, it was almost as if I was not difficult. Usually the run is pretty straining and I find it tough going but not this time. This time it seemed as if nothing was happening, I was just moving. Even after the run, when you really start to feel the run’s effects tire you down and the fatigue starts to set in and pull you down. I felt nothing. Also my respiration was unhindered, I was breathing fully and I felt like I was getting ample amount of oxygen during the run to power my body. My legs and feet got tired, but they we constant in their strain, in so much as you tend to notice them less than you would if the strain was fluctuating – which I think it normally is – hence the sensation of strain during my run normally. During the day, it was strange not to feel my legs being overly tired or fatigue so much so that I couldn’t relate to the fact that I’d done my run this morning.

So what changed? My diet has not changed.

The only things that stand out was that I left at 7am instead of the usual 8am. After my previous run(two days prior) I took some advice and went for a 10 minute walk after my run and raised my legs for a further 10 minutes. This was to help me recover after my first run in which as you can see, warranted me taking action to reduce the effects of which a run has on me. I also slightly massaged my legs. Can that have been enough to affect my next run? Doubtful. I’m not sure what changed really. Perhaps I’m getting fitter and if that’s the case, then getting fitter is a great feeling and if it relates to the reduction of strain under effort – then I’m very happy about it. It feels like I’ve levelled up!

Todays run: