Today’s run felt incredibly smooth. I set out to do a slow recovery run of 8km, but since things felt incredibly smooth I changed the purpose to ‘let’s just go with the flow and see where the pace ends up’. I didn’t force anything, stayed in HR zone 3 all the way, but still set a pace that was far closer to my long-distance race pace than to a recovery run. It’s fun to shake habits now and then, and it’s also nice to see how both endurance and pace improve over time.