I had a couple of weeks off running because of the trip to Hong Kong for the wedding and our honeymoon in the Maldives.  This has made me a bit rusty.  I realised this for certain after my two runs this weekend.  I did the Royal Docks loop on Saturday, which has typically taken me 41-42 minutes.  This time, I took over 46 minutes and it felt like hard work.  I adjusted for the Sunday run, only intending to go at a slow steady pace for the whole way.  It was better than Saturday's run, but still plenty of work to go to get back to where I was before the holiday.

My legs are really unstretched: I can barely reach my ankles when stretching my hamstrings.  The icepacks are doing their job, however the biggest one split on the sides which was disappointing.  I'm not sure if it's safe to touch that blue gel, so I discarded the icepack and the teatowel I had been using the wrap it.  I still have another big pack and the little one, so I'm fine for now.

I have updated the running schedule to cover the period up until after the Amsterdam marathon.  Ah, I still need to officially enter that event!  Should get onto doing that this week.