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# A foggy Monday recovery run
- URL: https://www.splitsandsprints.net/foggy-monday-recovery-run/
- Published: 2026-11-09T07:41:21.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-09T07:41:21.000Z
- Description: Seven kilometres through the fog around Oudewater to start a busy week, and the first step towards running three times a week.
- Author: Camiel Schoonens
- Tags: Running

I started this Monday with a run.

It was 3 degrees with 96% humidity when I headed out just after half past seven. Fog everywhere. I ran out of Oudewater and north into the polder, along the narrow roads between the fields, where you can only see a few hundred metres ahead. It sounds cold and grey, and it was, but it was also beautiful. The damp air made breathing easy and the running felt comfortable.

The plan was a recovery run, and on paper it looks like one: 7.11 km at 6:39 per kilometre, with an average heart rate of 148\. It didn't feel that easy though. I think that's mostly fatigue from work.

I'm not training for anything at the moment. No race on the calendar, no training plan. What I want first is consistency: three runs a week, every week, for a full month. Fitting it in around my full agenda is the hard part.

That's also why this morning felt good. I have a busy day ahead, and the run was done before the day really started.

One down, two to go this week.