OK, now where had I got up to? I know, I'll just type "Keep on running blog" into Google, and check my last post...

3 days later, and it seems that the world, his wife, dog and next door neighbour have all got a blog that entails keeping on runnning. Not to mention all the Spencer Davis quotes...

So I'll have to rely on my ever-failing memory, and hope that I'm not repeating myself. As I recall, my last post related to my run up the Wrekin, which was an OK day. Sunday, and I had a slow 4 mile run on the Running World training schedule, so I set off into the town park, following some rather muddy paths, but at least it was in daylight and I could see and TRY to avoid the worst of the puddles. Half-an-hour later and I'm back home, suspecting that it's more like 3 miles than 4. Good job that I've got a few weeks of slack in my schedule, it looks like it's going to be harder than I thought.

And then real life commitments intervened, and all of a sudden training on every other night became a little bit like Alice Through The Looking Glass, who gets offered a job which pays, among other things, "Jam every other day" - "But I don't like jam" - "That's allright, it's never any other day!". And for 4 days it was never any other night. Thursday, I braved the cold and wet, and did 3 laps around the sports field in 33 minutes. 50% further and about 10% faster than last time I tried that course! I know that there will be weeks when my speed and endurance seem to be worsening, but for now the improvement feels good. Note to planning department, find a wider variety of courses, I could get very bored running round and around and around...the same path.

After the diversions, I think that I'll repeat week 1 of the training schedule, and do it properly this time. And, while I'm at it, I think that I'll repeat week 3 as well - that coincides with Xmas week, and I suspect that I won't really do it justice the first time around!