Club Time Trial

Once again I've been running more often than I've been blogging. Wednesday night we had a time trial and I picked a quicker guy to try and keep up with and I'm pleased with the improvement I've put in. Running on my own is good for miles in my legs and time on the street but running with others makes me run faster.

Just over 3 miles in 23 minutes, so 7 minute miles and 8mph - Right now it's unlikely I could keep that up for 26 miles but progress is progress.

Christmas Club Run

So it was the Christmas club run and about 20 of us headed to Llangollen in Wales. It was the longest and the hardest run for me so far, two and a quarter hours and just under 12 miles over hills and fells and down a great escarpment. Beautiful scenery. The run was followed by the worst shower of the year in some of the worst showers in Wales. Truly terrible - dirty, dribble of water that never warmed up. Lunch later was good in The Bull Inn - very hungry.

I'd map it but I've no idea where we went really.

Running is great

So last night was the club run and I ran the frustrating route. There must be something about being chased because I finished nearly 4 MINUTES quicker which is a massive improvement. 25min 47 seconds down from 29min 36 seconds. So 7 minute miles which is not bad. So, I clearly wasn't pushing myself hard enough running on my own.

Had some good advice on marathon training afterwards, which was helpful.

Oh and today my knees are sore.

2nd Club Run

I ran last night with the Shrewsbury Athletics Club for the 2nd time, all this time felt like the real deal with more people and a proper session. Worked me hard and I've taken today as a rest day, but need to get some runs in over the weekend. Still pushed me hard and I can run 7 miles in an hour, question is can do that just under 4 times in a row? We'll find out in April