Going Slow but Still Going

Today:
Distance: 15.85 km
Time: 96' 49"
Rate: 6' 07" per km
Weather: mostly sunny, temp 16 degrees, calm, humidity 50%,
Week:
Distance: 48.1 km
Running days: 3/ 4
Ave: 16.03 km per run day
Sept:
Distance: 159.95 km
Running days: 8/ 12
Ave: 19.99 km per run day
Year:
Distance: 3057.1 km
Running days: 168/ 255
Ave: 18.2 km per run day

After thinking of the effects of over training and under resting in recent weeks, I had yesterday as a rest day. Today was therefore to be an easy day speed wise just keeping up a jog on a nice sunny day. The sun had finally appeared and with no wind and no people around, I took off from work down by the river tracks to Red Rocks Gorge. A couple of kms from Kambah Pool, I turned around, back past the kookaburra gate, over Tuggie Creek to return to Pine Is.
Recovery in mind, the water is cold, I stood in the river at Pine Is for 15 minutes before heading back to work. Away for a couple of hours, you could have been forgiven for not wanting to go anywhere else but to find a large shady tree and have an afternoon siesta.
There is a fine line between doing too much and getting enough done to be able to take up the next challenge. Mostly that comes from experience and recognising the warning signs. Today was one step back to go one step forwards.