Readiness
Push. Readiness 82, sleep 82, RHR 43 (score 86), HRV 103ms — solidly within your normal range (baseline mean 123, SD~21; today isn't a red flag). Day 21/26, late luteal (~6 days to period) — expect legs to feel heavier and effort HR to run a touch high; today's numbers say your body's handling the load fine. No Oura context tags this week to discount for.
Today's Run
Already logged this morning — 10.0 km @ 5:10/km, avg HR 170, against a prescribed 5 km recovery @ 6:00–6:30/km. That's not a recovery effort — HR 170 is your Tuesday LT zone. Nothing to redo, it's banked (23.1/53 km this week), but this makes three straight days where an "easy" label turned hard: Tue LT (clean, as intended), Wed MLR cut short but run fast, today's recovery run overcooked. Friday's 7 km GA needs to be genuinely easy (5:45–6:15/km), no exceptions — protect Sunday's 18 km long run.
No lift today — next lift Fri 2026-09-18.
Watch For
Three consecutive "easy-labeled" runs landing at HR 151–171 is a pattern, not a one-off — if Friday drifts fast too, that's fatigue masquerading as fitness, not a good sign heading into the weekend long run. Separately: pull-ups and push-ups have been skipped 3–5 lift sessions running — worth addressing Friday's lift.
Nutrition
Late luteal (day 21/26) — nudge protein and carbs up a bit (Stacy Sims: needs genuinely rise here), hydrate with electrolytes given Houston heat plus today's harder-than-planned effort, hold the 130g protein floor.