I took a non-timed run yesterday morning after not running at all on Sunday (rain and inanition, if I recall correctly). It was just as well — I felt as though I were running in treacle. Then on Monday: coffee and fruit, cleaned up, Morning Prayer, home for coffee and a Teams meeting, sermon work, marking, afternoon Communion service at Old Station House, some groceries at Waitrose, and home for the day.
Yesterday, as I say, I ran, then coffee and fruit, cleaned up, hurried to church for Morning Prayer, then to Oxford for a Paul tutorial, lunch, then home to tackle some backed-up emails and edit the sermon for today’s morning service, research modern healing liturgies.
This morning my legs and breathing seemed truly sluggish, but it turns out I managed a sub-20:00 run that brought my rolling average to 19:36 (!). It wasn’t pleasant, but making that sort of progress is the reason I returned to timed running, so there we are. Coffee and fruit, cleaned up, Morning Prayer, midweek Communion, then staff meeting, then home.