Thought I would do a little end-of-week-3 Janathon review.
Running every day has been going quite well, really. I don't feel unduly tired. I don't ache. I think I have more energy, in fact, and am warming up into my runs more quickly. Admittedly I haven't done any particularly long runs - 8 miles has been the longest so far - but I'm thinking I will have more than my fill of long runs once my Edinburgh Marathon training starts at the end of January, so it's just a case of ticking over at the moment. I haven't done any runs of less than 2 miles so far in January and most have been 3 or more, which is an improvement on Juneathon last year when quite a few runs were a mile-and-a-bit.
Running every day hasn't felt especially arduous, although there have been mornings like this one when I felt lethargic and disinclined to head out of the door - but it's always fine when I get going. Finding the time is a bit of a challenge, and blogging every day is definitely a challenge! I'm in awe of the people like Shazruns who get up in the wee small hours of the morning to go out for several mile runs and then come back and blog it. I don't think I could ever run at that time of day, and if I did it would probably wipe me out for the rest of the day. At least.
Today did a quick out-and-back 5k (and a bit) along the railway line after dropping daughter off at nursery. Ran the 5k in 29 minutes, which I was quite pleased with given that the first bit was uphill and I had to pick my way slowly across a few still-icy bits. Did not see any wildlife apart from a couple of dogs taking their owners out for a walk.
Distance: 3.16 miles
Time: 29:27
Splits: 9:43, 9:19, 9:11, 1:14
Average pace: 9:19
Total Janathon miles run so far: 85.93
Total Janathon running time so far: 13:58:13
Average Janathon pace: 9:45
Juneathon day 21 equivalent distance: 80.37 (running time 13:10:27)
keep it up Sheri you are doing great :)
ReplyDeleteI agree its the blogging that takes the time and checking out how everyone else is doing, Thanks for the mention but believe me if I left my run till after work would never go, procrastination will have had time to set in and will find an excuse not to go out. Well done you are doing great time management will be easier once we dont have to run everyday-I hope
ReplyDeleteWell done Sheri... I keep thinking I should be running more than a mile on some days but at the same time think if I did I might burn out... saying that, I feel the same as you, once I'm out it's not too bad. I also agree that I am envious of people that can head out of the door in the morning, my friend Di is the same as Shaz, she says she couldn't run evenings as much as I can't face a morning... I'd never thought about it before but I guess there's a perfect time of day for all of us.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work, we've only 10 days to go! woop! :-)