Took another go at the same 10 km route I ran on saturday.
Time: 1:35 with an average heart rate of 161 bpm reaching up to 180 bpm. Killed 2005 kcal on the run alone!
Apparently, my body takes more than 4 days to fully recover from such a trip since I was still feeling the weariness from Saturday’s round. Another thing I can credit to the weight I put on during the past years, I guess.
It took quite a bit of pushing to reach the milestones in the same time, but it was a lot of fun. When I was at the lower end of the valley (directly before a 3 km uphill stretch) my legs were already heavy. I’m somehow growing a taste for this, the harder I have to fight myself, the more I enjoy it. I willed myself up the 3 kms without slowing down and felt proud 
Shortly after, at 1:05 my right foot’s levator muscle started hurting and didn’t quite fulfill its task anymore, so my jogging form got a bit awkward. When at 1:35 I finished the route and stopped jogging, I immediately noticed the front muscle on my left thigh was done for, too. Luckily, it regenerated after a few wood-legged steps, so I didn’t have to hobble through town.
I think I’ll do a shorter regenerative run on Sunday. My legs definitely got stronger, since the last attempt, the muscles just weren’t fully restored again!
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