Thank Crunchie It's Friday

Have done my usual 3 weekday runs this week but they haven't gone quite to plan. Was going to do a 4 miler, a 6 miler and another 4 miler. It all started last Saturday when we went out with my running mate Colin and his Fiance for our friend Lisa's Birthday drinks. Colin is very good at running distances - he's managed to do a 13 miler but I've always been slightly quicker than him over distance. Anyway, he was moaning about his speed and said that instead of running a long run on Sunday he was going to do 3 miles as fast as he could. Sunday, I received a text from him saying he'd done 3 miles in 19 minutes to which my reaction was something along the lines of "what the fuck?". So Tuesday night I went out and absolutely murdered myself at doing 3 miles as fast as I could - managed to do it in 25 and a half minutes, which is one minute and 24 seconds faster than my previous best, so I'm quite pleased with that. it's faster than Colin as he did a more accurate measurement and came in at something like 25 and a half mins for 2.9 miles. 

Wednesday night I did my usual 6 miler with Colin but ran round by him which was a nice change. Arrived at his house and we set off. He asked me which way I wanted to go and as I don't know the area that well I suggested that he decide which way to run. He said to me "well, if we go that way it's uphill and if we go the other way it's downhill". "I'm not fussed, you decide", I said. "OK", said Colin and we set off in the uphill direction. Little did I realise that he meant most of the run was uphill. Was quite a good run in the end though anyway.

Tonight I planned on doing 4 miles but ended up doing 3 miles. Firstly, I decided to save my legs for my 10 miler tomorrow. and secondly I made the mistake of eating a couple of chicken wings before I went out which made me feel a little sluggish. My lovely wife has also bought me a kettle bell today which I am going to start using next week to build a bit of upper body strength. I'm also hoping that it's going to help me get rid of what is left of my belly. I've also finally booked my place in the Lichfield Half Marathon which is on May 6th. The only race I've ever run was a 5k in December dressed as Santa and now I'm in a further two - a 10k in March and the HM in May. Once the entries open for the Wolverhampton full Marathon I'll be entering that one too.

Stats from my three runs this week:

Date: 01/17/2012 
Type: Run
Distance: 3.01 miles
Time: 0 hr 25 min 30 secs
Average pace: 8:28 min/miles
Route: 2012-01-15 at 1 PM
Route link: http://www.logyourrun.com/showroute/AhWYqYznHPFNq4
Shoes: Puma Axis
Calories: 361


Date: 01/18/2012 
Type: Run
Distance: 6.01 miles
Time: 0 hr 59 min 05 secs
Average pace: 9:50 min/miles
Route: 2012-01-17 at 6 PM
Route link: http://www.logyourrun.com/showroute/aNoprGv6ujolzg
Shoes: Puma Axis
Calories: 698


Date: 01/20/2012  AM
Type: Run
Distance: 3 miles
Time: 0 hr 27 min 49 secs
Average pace: 9:16 min/miles
Route: 2012-01-18 at 7 PM
Route link: http://www.logyourrun.com/showroute/C4wHpr5ejgiGE5
Shoes: Aasics Gel Oberon 5
Calories: 329

That's all for now.