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30km Into Work: Strong Legs, Spiky Hills & Running by Feel 💪⛰️

TL;DR
Chose a short recovery run over full rest, felt weirdly amazing, legs bounced back fast, and what I expected to be a shuffle turned into a relaxed 5:00/km cruise.

The picture is of my megablasts post-surgery. Happy to report it worked!

The run
Today’s prescription from Matt was either full rest or a short recovery run. I went with the recovery run — partly because I probably should have rested… and partly because I’m in one of those rare “everything feels good” phases. Purple patch? Purple streak? Whatever it’s called — I’m absolutely in it right now.

Kept it simple: 30 minutes, no plan, just let the legs do whatever they wanted to do. After yesterday’s big, hilly 30km I genuinely expected this to be a slow, creaky shuffle — six-minute pace vibes, max. But nope. Legs had other ideas.

Everything felt light and relaxed almost straight away, and before I knew it I was ticking along around 5:00/km without trying at all. No effort, no pushing, just one of those runs where the body says, “Yep, we’re good today.”

Bounce-back is very real right now. Nothing heroic, nothing forced — just soaking up this run of good form while it’s here and enjoying how smooth everything feels. Easy miles done, feeling better than expected, and very happy I chose to move rather than sit still.


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Recovery Run… Apparently With Bonus Bounce ✨🏃‍♂️

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