10k training week 5 / Plymouth Half Marathon Volunteering

This week saw me do a really awful run, which I couldn't even manage a mile. The second run was much better and I reached my target of 5 miles. That was a good run considering I'd gone out the night before, went to bed at 1.30am and was awake from 7.30am. Although, I'm not sure that was the best preparation for a 5 mile run!

Today saw me marshal the Plymouth half Marathon. (PHM) It was so cold there. It was good though - it was nice to see so many runners and it was nice that so many runners said hello and thank you.

10k training week 4

So, week 4 saw me doing a 4 mile run, which I managed with no problem. The second run was meant to be a 5k run, which I had to cut short. Really didn't enjoy that run and struggled a lot with it.

10k training week 3

As usual, Monday was club night. There was me expecting a gentle 3-4 mile jog. It turned out to be hill sprints. Those are evil!

Ran again yesterday and was meant to do 6.4k / 4 miles and only managed 2.8k before my legs were hurting. Will try a 4 mile run again tomorrow morning.

10k training week 2

This hasn't gone as well as it should have done.

First run was 5k, which I had no problems doing at all. Second and third runs of 3 & 5k were much harder. Probably not helped by going away on Tuesday, coming back Wednesday and running on Thursday morning.

On a slightly happier note, I looked at my stats from last week. This week, I ran an extra 1.8k in 2 minutes less. I am getting there slowly.