I'll be honest, when I decided to start my running streak, I wasn't sure if it would suit me or where it would take me (metaphorically), but so far I am loving it. Having picked up injuries in the past, I am very conscious that if I start getting any niggles it will have to stop, but so far so good.
I have found a nice little loop (around 1.25 miles, as you can see) that I have done on my 3 "rest" days, meaning I don't have to plan a route, I just go. I am not planning to extend these runs at all. I have also started running in the mornings again, which used to be my "time" before Will started at college (meaning I now have a school run at 7.45am). I realised that for most of my weekday runs, I can fit them in either by making sure I don't hit snooze at 6 or by setting my alarm a little earlier. Morning exercise suits me really well (sets me up for the day), and some days I've been doing yoga directly after the school run which means I don't have "when am I going to fit my exercise in" on my mind all day. Also with the warmer weather coming it means I don't have to run in the heat, which I hate. Of course, since it's half term this week, that's irrelevant! I've also made a minor adjustment to my long run plan, adding 1.2 miles per week rather than the 1/16th of a marathon that I had planned on. Subject to further adjustments in the future, of course! I ran pyramid intervals this morning (Power Up 2012 from Audio Fuel), which went pretty well (3.29 miles in 30 minutes including warm up and cool down). I was remembering as I did it when I couldn't finish the session or I had to walk between the intervals rather than jogging. It does feel good to improve.
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