Felt better running this morning, perhaps because I ate a nice steak dinner last night? Or maybe it's mental! Regardless, I plan on eating lots of iron rich foods for the next few days.
Read some interesting things about donating blood. The volume of blood fluid returns to normal within 24-48 hours, but is diluted and has approximately 10% less red blood cells (which are the cells that carry oxygen to your muscles). The body gradually replenishes its store of red blood cells over the next few weeks. Some athletes have compared running after donating blood to running at high altitude where you have less oxygen getting to your muscles. This has the effect of pushing you into an anaerobic stage at a lower heart rate, which is interesting. Anyhow, I've decided to count this as a high altitude training week and not be a wimp anymore!!
Hope all bloggers are having a good running day! :) | 
