Progress!

Progress! by leecolgate at Garmin Connect - Details

If you needed proof that last time's reported performance figures were due to technology failure, which I concede some of you might, today's should help.  Only a fifteen-minute jaunt today (Sunday should be the first 'longer' one, at 25 minutes), but it felt so much easier than any of the previous ones.  This is backed up by my first average pace below 9 minutes 30 per mile (9:18, in fact).

I've also started off again doing the core strength exercises from my marathon training book.  These take about twice as long as the running at the moment, but I'm hoping they will not only improve my performance but will also return my waist, which buggered off some time in the last few years.  Furthermore, I am making a concerted effort not to drink as I seem to have picked up a couple of stone that I could really do without.

If I can manage this, it will also mean my sister can call on me in the evenings if she needs a hand with the little one - dependent on my getting a job and some independent transport.  On which note, I am giving myself a day off today.  The whole situation has completely got on top of me this week and I need some 'me' time.  Buffy marathon this morning before the run, will be reacquainting myself with my Wii U this afternoon.  So there.

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