Not too long after my last post I had a re-occurence of my hamstring problem, so I had to endure an enforced rest period of just over a month.
After 39km run in March, I managed 75 in April, just short of my target of 81k, but the injury in early May limited me to 21km.
After taking the first few weeks off in June, I managed to squeeze in 47 k in the rest of the month, including my first organised race of the year, a 10k in Crowthorne, Berks, which I despite the heat got around in under an hour, 59.17 seconds.
During the injury period I also decided to quit my tobacco consumption, which inevitably led to my sweet tooth coming back with a vengeance, and as its eternal compatriot, the weight gain followed suit.
My scales broken in a moving related incident ( :) ), and I finally bought a new set, but I suspect they are showing a little heavier than the old one. Still, I'll use the new bench mark, and I'm now hovering around the 98-99k mark.
I've now started my proper 16 week programme leading up to October 11th, and my target weight for the race is 85kg, which would be the lightest I've been since my early 20s.
I'm currently running at a 9.30 min/mile, or just under 6 min/k, but will try to get under the 9 min mile by the end of the month.
Runs this week:
1/7: 4.54 miles, 44mins.
Stay tuned.
