Run Forest Run

In 6 days I've been out for 4 runs and I'm really chuffed with myself. I'm enjoying it which is a big thing for me. The run that I did today wasn't my longest but it was my best.

I did 7.7km in total but 1.5 of that was the walk down from the house which takes about 20 mins. I didn't bother tracking the walk back up to the house. In total it took me 1hr and 15 mins for the whole thing. So that means I did 6.2km in 55mins on the actual running track and today I ran most of it.

When I got home I did another 30 mins workout using the Nike Fitness app on my phone. I'm absolutely knackered!

When I did the Race for Life last year, according to their timings I did 5k in 37 mins. I've no idea how I managed it, I'm not even close to it at the moment. There's still time to go, the Race for life isn't until the end of June but still. It's a big ask and I'm not sure that I'm up to it. But I'm up for the challenge.

My fitness posts are going to be a bit boring for the foreseeable. No stories of CPT just running.

As well as fitness I've got a couple of interviews coming up so hopefully there will be some news on the career front soon as well :-)

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