Saterday recovery run

Hi all! Welcome back to my running blog!

This Saterday morning I had some time for a short recovery run while my oldest is at her dancing class.

I noticed that last week, my sleep quality has declined quite a bit - most likely related to some changes / stress at work. Running is a great distraction to just let it go a bit. The focus on recovery is also smart when your sleep is less than optimal - as you already need rest , a hard training session would further add to your resting needs.

Despite the lack of quality sleep my recovery run went very well. I soley focused on running technique and keeping my heartrate below 135 bpm. I kept a good posture and ran very relaxed. My average pase with 5:10 / km on an average heartbeat of 133 bpm felt pretty nice.

The route I took was just so green! Everything has started to grow and it really felt like a small present to enjoy this surroundings when I am training.

Tomorrow a few of my friends will run the Leiden Marathon, while I will be sidelined for this and the Utrecht Marathon next week - I aim to go there and support them a bit!

The Dutch Marathon season is now peaking with 2-3 cool events every week! So will be fun to visit a few and see which events are cool to consider next season!