The Morning Afternoon Run

Yesterday or recently I had a discussion about running. The discussion was about whether I have a favourite time of day to run and whether I can eat before a run and still run.

The answer is that I’m flexible in the time at which I run. I can run as easily first think in the morning at 5am as right before lunch, as after lunch. it really doesn’t matter.

This morning I ran before lunch because the weather was almost sunny so it felt like a rational time to run. I did my laundry, got dressed for the run, and then went. I ran a different loop than usual because I wanted to cover eight or nine kilometres rather than the usual five kilometres.

I ran down towards the lake before turning around and heading towards Nyon along the road. I ad considered staying on the Jura side of the Route Du lac but due to road works I was forced to cross the road. Luckily the road was quiet.

I did find the distance more difficult. I am not used to running more than 8 kilometres now and I also worked to keep the pace that was recommended, without running too fast.

Of course, the challenge when running around here is that you will always need to climb at some point. If you run by the lake when you get to Nyon you have a number of steep climbs to choose from. I chose to go upwards by the car park by the Plage de Nyon, before heading up along the road that leads to the cemetery and beyond. The gradient via this route is one of the gentler ones.

The struggle, on this run, was running three kilometres further than usual. In the end when I was climbing the steep bit I walked to recover a little, before resuming the run.

I think that today the challenge was running further, rather than the time of day of the run.