6. What you will always feel better after

While I can't stand over everything below, from my knowledge...

There are things that you never feel better after:
  • A session.
  • A puncture.
  • A car accident.
  • A break-in.
  • Losing by a last minute goal.
 There are things that you rarely feel better after
  • An operation (at least not immediately).
  • Opening you work email at home.
  • A Big Mac meal.
  • Watching 2 hours of cat videos on YouTube.
  • Taking a phone call from you ex.
And there are things that you nearly always feel better after
  • A lie-in
  • Taking an extra day off work
  • A hot shower.
  • A cold shower.
  • Taking the time to ring an old friend.
  • A massage.
And finally there is one thing that you always feel better after
  • A run.

While it is smack-bang in the middle of Christmas with daylight fading and wintry weather it is a rare, rare thing to come back from a run and to regret it. If you can always remember this, then you will always have just enough energy to get yourself out that door, away from the box of Celebrations or Seasons Greetings and cover those miles.

Despite not getting as much training in this weather I did take up the call from one of the mates to go for an hours run Christmas Eve. I was tired at the end and the legs were heavy. But the weather unseasonably mild, the roads were quiet and the chat was good.

And ahead of a cart-load of turkey, ham, Brussels sprouts and the rest, it felt good.

Slow run: 40 minutes.
Tough run: 10 min warm up – 4 x 6 mins intervals with 2 mins recovery - 10 mins warm down.
Long run: 60 minutes slow.

Finally one last idea. There are plenty of Christmas 5 and 10 k events that you can use for your tough run and to burn off that Christmas turkey and ham.



https://register.primoevents.com/ps/event/TrimAC10mileroadrace

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