Yesterday I was going out for dinner with a friend from work, so the ‘twice around the lake’ plan wasn’t going to happen. So I just aimed for my ‘usual’.

However, I definitely noticed it was easier - and I was walking quicker between each run - to the extent that I got to the ‘place’ for the last minute run almost a minute early - so I just walked backwards and forwards until the end of the track, and then ran for the gate.

I felt I deserved my very nice curry, looking out over the Bay.

So, tonight I planned to go round the lake twice. Started off as usual, walking to the park, then switched to my playlist and began to run. Where I usually stop, I decided to keep on running for a bit, until I felt I should stop.

1 minute and 20 seconds.

Whoo hoo!

And I did that for the next two runs as well. Then, second time around the lake I just did 1 minute runs - maybe I could have run more, but I felt that 7 minutes was more than enough, especially given that the most I have run before this was last Saturday, and that was only 5 minutes.

Just under 2 weeks to go - I think running for 10 minutes is definitely on track!

But when oh when are my legs going to stop feeling like they have inbuilt hot water bottles in my thighs?

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at 8:05 pm.