A Tough Day

I had the day off work today, as I had to take my mother to hospital for day surgery. I woke up nice and early with a cold that seems to have got worse overnigh and stomach cramps. I got out bed saw Blue Dog off to work and went for my run otherwise I knew I would not have time later in the day. It was a real struggle this morning after yesterday's long run and generally feeling like crap. I was just happy to get through the session. I tried to stick the scheduled "recovery speed" but was still a little too quick I ran a total of 12km with average pace of 5:57/km. I was very happy to see my front door.

On a personal note, I spent the day with my father whilst my mother underwent day surgery. Unfortunately, she was diagnosed with bowel cancer. Just another reminder that we shouldn't take things for granted.