Day 114: time beaten!!!

I am just back from a much-needed run in the sun, and took my Wapping-Canary Wharf route along the river, starting at the small park behind Shadwell Basin. And, I managed to beat my time! It took me 1 minute and 20 seconds less than last time :) So, I finished my 30 min run a little further... I must have been faster on the second half, because I still took 15 min to reach the Canary Wharf level - a time which I would really love to beat some day soon! But that's for another day. Off to a long, warm bath and a glass of chocolate milk now...

Day 110: a good jog-run again.

Considering that last night I completely indulged in a three-course meal, together with my share of a good bottle of French red, a complimentary glass of bubbly, chocolate truffles and a glass of one of my favourite-ever wines (Pacherenc), I feel rather proud to have taken advantage of an oddly early awakening today, to jog-run for 30 min, all the way from Tower Bridge to London Bridge on the South Bank, and then across on the North side. The programme said I should run, but again I am going my own way on this these days, and jog-running is perfectly acceptable as far as I'm concerned!

Day 109: feels good to have a real run.

The training programme was starting to bore me a bit. We are at a phase of it where it's all speed work, and quite frankly, at this time of year and in this weather, getting up in the morning for a 5 min run (even if at full speed) feels a bit iffy.

Coach Stephen and I agreed: no more than one interval training session a week from now on. And with this mind, I finally got myself to get out of the house this afternoon to jog-run for one hour. I say jog-run, because I find that with practice, the distinction between the two becomes blurry, and I have sometimes a hard time knowing if I'm fast-jogging or slow-running, or even fast-jogging and running full stop. Anyway, a frank run feels gooooood :)

I think competition may be a strong motivator for me to go faster as well, judging by how I made a point of running faster than the other woman who trained for a few minutes on the other side of the road...

It also helped today that a few people sent me some encouragement on Facebook, and that Cyril even built a banner for the same purpose! Check it out on his site: http://www.poisson-chat.fr/FTP/KAREN.jpg.

Day 107: the last few days...

Our first full run since before Xmas was 45 min on Sunday. Not our fastest by all means, but pretty good considering that my Mum & Dad were here and we had indulged together in a couple of bottles of good wine, a few aperitifs, a lunch roast and a gigantic spicy pizza the day before... Clearly, not the committed healthy lifestyle of 2008 :) :)

I still started this week with a mighty fast 10 min run, which took me further than last week's equivalent, so I was rather pleased with myself. We skipped this morning's session but we'll do tomorrow's, promise!

Another Sunday Map

For some reason, the GPS does not currently like to begin for the first five minutes of a run ... but here's the last 40:

Jan 18 at EveryTrail

Map created by EveryTrail:GPS Geotagging

A brilliant idea...

If ever you find yourself in a new city and would like to jog, then here's a good way to find the good routes: sightjogging! Cheers Stephen!

Day 103: longest jog since before xmas

45 min jog this morning. My knees felt it. That being said, the most significant impact of this week's "back on track" theme is that my appetite is again soaring... I am constantly and belly-twistingly hungry...