Run | Number 11

Last night saw my toughest challenge yet, I was tired, having had a tough week at work and fitting runs into my already busy schedule, I was feeling a bit blah about going out last night. After numerous times saying I wasn’t going, I decided to suck it up and get out there, and I tell you what, I’m really glad I did. The group I run with are so supportive, and its times like this when that is exactly what you need. Some members I hadn’t seen in a week and telling them my progress was the boost I needed to realise ‘you know what. I can do this & I’m gonna’.

We set out to achieve a slightly further route then Tuesday. Unfortunately this only turned out to be 3.25 miles, slightly disappointing, but 3.25 miles more than if I had stayed at home. This actually felt really comfortable and I can feel my fitness increasing daily. Really slowing down my pace has really helped me to increase my distance, although I find when I’m running on my own I still try to sprint down the road. I really need to learn to slow down and enjoy my running whilst I’m on my own. This is my task for Saturday. I never thought I would say it but I’m actually looking forward to an early morning run tomorrow morning. Crazy I know.

On a slightly different note, although this isn’t about losing weight (that is just a nice added bonus), since I have been making the changes to my diet as mentioned below I have lost 9lbs, since the 1^stJanuary. Pretty good considering I haven’t lost weight in years…only put it on. Therefore I will be keeping track of my weight and logging it weekly to see if there is any difference, I might even start posting some recipes if I manage to make anything tasty.