Did this session yesterday morning before work. There is a bit of Portslade Old Village, near the church and the village green, that seems to be satellite-averse. My old pedometer always used to ask me if I was indoors (answer, obviously, 'I wish' - this is not an option and I might be prepared to pay for a firmware upgrade that had a sense of humour built in - any developers out there want to partner up?) when I got there and so did this new one. I didn't notice at the time, so although this was an out-and-back run as opposed to a circuit, and I finished where I started, it recorded only about 0.3 miles on the way out and 0.9 on the way back. I have manually edited the overall total, but can't seem to edit the 'splits'. Heigh ho.
Jog 10 minutes, mince/recover 2 minutes, jog 10 minutes. The 10 minute thing did not feel particularly realistic when I set off, but it actually wasn't too bad at all. My pace wasn't particularly impressive, but at least I managed.
Got the bad news that I have not got a London Marathon place for next year. This has removed some of the sense of urgency I had. Despite the lack of frequency of my sessions recently, I did have a sense of urgency! I simply can't afford to pledge the minimum amounts charities are asking for, for their guaranteed places. When I did my first one, I was the only person at work doing it and had a monopoly on the fundraising thing. Now, though, everyone's at it and I ain't winning any popularity contests. So I am investigating Brighton instead to see if minimum requirements there are less frightening. Fingers crossed.
Will get out for Week 5 session 1 today and again tomorrow. Getting up early in the morning was actually not that difficult, so I hope to be back on schedule very soon v the plan.
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