5K: 00:45:21

OK. Here we go. First proper post of the new regime.

At the moment, I’m running three 5K routes a week. I’m doing the same route each time so I can (hopefully) see some improvement as I go. And sure enough, there has been, actually.

On the 11th, it took me 00:46:28. On the 13th it took me 00:45:46. And today it took 00:45:21. That looks like gradual improvement to me. This is good. Improvement equals motivation. I’m mean I’m still pretty slow. But, to be honest, I’m not too worried about speed. The fact that I have the stamina to run non-stop for 40 minutes (first 5 minutes is a warmup walk) is pretty cool, when you consider that back in October I was struggling to run for even a minute at a time without gasping for breath.

Okay, there’s still occasional gasping, coughing, moaning, stitches, pain and all manner of other things that sound like they belong in an S&M club. But I’m a long way from where I started. And by the time I get to May, I have confidence that I’ll be able to do that 10K in a relatively respectable time.

Just gotta keep at it. My new year’s resolution was to train three times a week, ideally on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. If you’re reading this and you don’t see me doing that, feel free to give me a kick up the arse!