Half-way

Half way through the year, and the challenge is going well - my total for the year now stands at 428 miles, well past the half-way mark in terms of distance.

This week wasn't such a productive week for running - I had a short notice request to go and work in Reading on an urgent project which meant no lunch-time running. So just a couple of runs at the weekend, but due to my inactivity during the week I felt like doing a longer run on Saturday, and in spite of the temperatures in the high 20s, managed 4.5 laps in Greenwich for 9 miles - my longest run since the Milton Keynes back in March. Today I felt a little stiff but ran a gentle 4 laps of Greenwich in rather cooler weather - still around 25 degrees but a nice cool breeze.

Tomorrow marks the "official" start of my training for the New Forest Half on 26th September. I'd like to break 2 hours this time (I aimed to do that at Milton Keynes but was scuppered by starting too fast and by the unexpectedly steep hill in the final mile). So I think I'm going to set 1:55 as my target. It's a tough target: 8:45 minute miles for 13.1 miles, and the website says the route is "undulating" - so I think I can do it if I train well.