Because of the icy snow windy conditions I did not take part in the Eric Humphries race. I can hear the mutterings of wimp but the decision had to be made to protect my knee. I have continued to jog and keep doing the 4 miler. I do need to do longer routes and buy a new pair of running shoes.
My running shoes are over a year old and have done a fair number of miles. They feel uncomfortable and hard on the feet.
The below site suggest between 300 - 500 miles which I think I will have done. But any suggestions or thoughts would be gratefully received.
I have been running on an ad hoc basis but without a focus I just jog a bit here and there sometimes with Dutch but mostly alone. The problem with running alone is wherever I go there I am again.
So after a great deal of thought I decided to do a half marathon. I needed a plan so in 12 weeks I am to do the Sheffield half marathon.
I am pleased that already the plan has given me focus and purpose. I found the running plan on a work notice board. It seems balanced and not to difficult and it also include fartleks ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fartlek ) which are meant to be good at losing weight and increasing speed. So hopefully I will do the race in less than 2 hours and weigh under 12 stone
It is Friday today so I have done my 4 km. The problem is that on Saturday I am due to do an 8 km run but I am doing nights and I always find it hard to jog when feeling knackered at the start. I may do the run on the way home after work - run the long way home but again it is the motivation when feeling tired - it is so much easier to convince my self to go straight home to a bowl of weetabix in hot milk.
Since my last blog I have literally ran through winter rain snow and ice and stubbornly maintained my weight at around 12 st 12 lbs. But my new focus in running has coincided with Lent so I have forsaken major carbs for 40 days. That is potatoes and bread and pasta. I have included crumpets and weetabix as a man can not live on protein alone.
According to the scales I have lost 2 lbs since the start of lent so it will be interesting to see how this progresses. Particularly on nights when I am prone to binge on cheese and onion crisps and chocolate.
Since my last blog I have not been consistent in my running schedule it has been very wintery. I have been attacked by carnivorous sheep and preserved through snow and saturated fields. However these severe conditions have kept people inside and golfers have been unable to use the local course. This kindly allows me a short cut across the fairways and when no one is looking across the greens. It would now appear spring has started to come so unfortunately I am keeping away from the danger of low flying golf balls.
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