-7.9 km vs Morning Run · +0.09/km

short race-week taper run at genuinely easy effort with low HR; week now 4.0 km against 15 km target

Morning Run · 4.02 km · 7:00/km · 28.1 min · 134 bpm Exactly the right shape for race-week taper: short, quiet, and genuinely easy, with HR staying low instead of turning this into hidden work. That puts the week at 4.0 km against a 15 km target; no volume to chase, just keep the legs loose for Sunday.

Recovery markers are acceptable and there is no strong blocker to the planned session.

Today's call: train as planned

• HRV is supportive rather than suppressed.

• Resting HR is at or below baseline.

Rest day. Do not add a shakeout because readiness is green; green means you can follow the plan, and the plan today is to let the legs absorb. A walk is fine, mobility is fine, but no fitness-chasing.

Any foot hot-spot or unusual tightness since Tuesday’s easy run?

Friday is the tiny primer: 15 minutes easy, stop fresh, no pace validation. Saturday is full rest and kit setup. Sunday is the Toronto Half Marathon — the only job now is to arrive calm, fueled, and uninjured.

The recent long run plus Tuesday’s short easy run gave enough rhythm for race week. The load curve is easing, but this compressed build will not produce a huge textbook freshness number by race morning; that is okay. We are protecting durability, not trying to manufacture one more sharp workout.

The first downhill kilometres will feel cheaper than they are. Bank nothing early. The restraint you practice today and tomorrow is the same restraint you will need through the opening 5 km on Sunday.