It’s the beginning of the week, and that can only mean one thing, a long run. Today’s challenge is to run 7 kilometres, something I’ve never done yet. I’ve planned a new route in an attempt to stave off the boredom as I run around the village.
I’m quite pleased with that, as it only took me a couple of minutes longer than the 6km that I did last Monday. Heart rate was ok too.
We had a good day out with Rob yesterday – a nice walk to Ironbridge, during which we got a bit wet, and of course some stops at pubs along the way.
We rounded off the evening with a curry and a taxi back to Oddies.
This morning we’re up early and off to Telford town park for the parkrun. This is a timed 5km run which takes place every Saturday morning at 9am. Over 500 people turned up.
We’ve not done this before, so Val and I went to the beginner’s briefing just before the start.
After all that it’s a nice run around the lake. Our times were: me, 36:14 and Val, an astonishing 48:10 – walking! It was good fun, and we’ll do it again.
We had a nice evening out last night with Robert and Jeanne, just a few beers and a curry and it was nice to catch up.
This morning my running programme wants me to run 3 kilometres. This is a relatively short distance, and the unwritten rule with these is that you are expected to push as hard as you can. I was really pleased with the outcome – all 3 splits were comfortably under 7.30 which is pretty quick for me.
Unfortunately it’s not so green at the moment. We had a nice walk to the Mason’s Arms at Kemberton for lunch.
It’s still blazing hot, but it’s Monday so off I go. Starting a new running programme today with the aim of getting to 10 kilometres. It wasn’t bad considering the heat, in fact it was a new distance record for me.
By the time I got home the postman had been, and he had delivered my Couch to 5k running top. Very nice.
Went to Oddies last night for a few beers and was complimented on my weight loss. Yay! Today it’s Friday so it’s time to hit the road again. I had assumed that our local lanes would be easier than running in the Alps. I couldn’t have been more wrong. The humidity is just crazy.
Anyhow I completed my 5km, but as you can see I didn’t exactly break any speed records. Heart rate was much better though.
Swiss National day ended well yesterday with a curry and a big firework display.
As I write we’re sitting in Zurich departures waiting for our delayed aeroplane. Hopefully it won’t be long, I’m looking forward to a pint in Oddies.
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