Running towards my goal

The weeks are flying by and I am glad to see the beginning of Autumn tomorrow. It's been a pretty uneventful week for me but I thought I'd pop in and update my running and how I am going towards my goal. I am doing max two runs a week at the moment, mostly due to laziness. Some runs are better than others and the last run I did, I managed an average pace of 4 minutes 44 seconds over 4km. Not that quick, but not bad either. 30.82km over 8 weeks is not much at all and if I want to reach my goal of 300km this year, I need to get running a lot more often!

I was considering running a half marathon in May, but that definitely won't happen so I might try for one I saw being held in September.

Apart from the little effort of running, I've been doing a bit of a workout every night/every second night that involves 2 sets of: 20 crunches, 20 squats, 20 lunges and 20 sit ups. I just do it while I'm watching TV or waiting for Steve to make my coffee in the morning. I've been doing it about two weeks now and so far so good. 

Running | Week One

These running posts will serve to hold me accountable for my goal of 300km of running this year and also as something for me to look back on to see if I’ve gotten quicker etc.

 

So far, I have gone for 2 runs this week. The first run was about 4.3km and the second was right on 4km. I use the Nike running app to track the runs as it tells me each kilometre where I am at and my average speed.
 

The first run didn’t track properly so I am counting that as a practice as I’d like the app to track my full 300km of running this year. Consequently, I have done one tracked run this week that was 4km long and this was around an oval. I will have to do another run over the weekend to get my average per week distance of 5.5km which is fine as I had planned on 3 runs per week anyway.

Run one – practice – 4km

Run two – 4km | 20 minutes | average of 5 minutes per kilometre

Motivation to exercise

Buying new exercise clothes is motivating. It is so much better running in compression pants and a singlet made for running, than an old shirt and yoga tights.

On Monday, I went to Birkenhead Point in search of a new handbag. Whilst I didn't get a new handbag, I did come home with some great new running gear which I promptly tried out on a 5km run to Blackwattle Bay.

As S and I were running, I flexed my arms and said 'I feel pro in these running clothes'....just as we ran past a guy getting out of his car. The guy replied with 'Haha, I hope you win'...Lucky I already had a red face from running!