Slowly and Carefully

Today:
Distance: 7.6 km
Time: 46' 47"
Rate: 6' 09" per km
Weather: sunny, temp 23 degrees, humidity 65%, wind light NW
Week: 7.6 km
October: 102.7 km
Year: 3423.4 km

Returning from injury and sickness require careful planning and not getting carried away with too much enthusiasm. Today was really nice in the morning (that changed in the afternoon) and a limited opportunity arose at work to get out in to the sunshine. A virus affects the whole body not just the blocked nose and sinuses as I had. One thing to be careful of is the effect on the heart and long term damage that can be done by raising the pulse too high too soon.
Lying in bed crook the last Monday, I took my pulse rate. Normal resting rate is 43, Monday 58, an increase of 35%. So today I took a very careful approach to a walk/jog/very slow run down around the river. As flat and easy as I could, raised a sweat because of the humidity, nice warm day. Sometimes it good to go slow.
Depending on work, like Ewen, very busy in school holidays with lots away, I will try to get another short jog in before Sunday's run in the Orroral Valley.