It's been way to long since I was running consistently. (probably about 3 months). I was off on a paternity leave with the family and as it turns out there was actually way less time then during my workdays. But now that I'm back at work again it's time to get running.

It actually works quite well when I'm working since on our 12hrs night shifts we are alotted a 90minute break period. So some people catch up on work, others nap or watch movies, but it's a great time to go running. I also find the exercise is a great way to wake up a bit and stay more alert during the night.

My pace has fallen again to under 6min/km, but I think it's will spring back pretty fast with some consistency. I've also gained about 10 lbs again so once that falls off, that will make a good difference as well.

I incorporated a few sprints and rest periods during this run instead of steady state the whole way and I always find it seams to help lead to some quicker gains and improving pace better over the long term, but man is it torture while I'm doing it!

It's always interesting to see the graphs and data, that very last sprint I though it was going so fast and feeling for tired, but when you compare it is close to the pace I ran the entire very first km at.

Hopefully within a couple weeks I'll be able to post about running a 5km under 6min/km again

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