And so it begins (again)

Hello!

Well hello to 2007! In between the 2006 Great Manchester run and December 2006, I'd done very little jogging. My exercise ended up being limited to football once a week and several swimming sessions. I eventually stopped the swimming sessions as the water seemed to wreck my throat and nose for a couple of days after each sessions, which was not the most fun (I guess its something they put in the water).

As December 2006 started I felt the need to get back out there jogging. At this point I'd manage to hit an all time high of 12 stone in weight, and put this down to the lack of daily walking now that I only have a 3 minute walk to work. This isn't too great running wise, as it's at least half a stone more than last year, and carrying half an extra stone around doesn't help you when you're jogging!

So with a little reluctance, I started my running up again. The point of this first month's training is to purely get my body use to running again. I kept track of the time, but that wasn't the focus, just the number of times I got out. This months training times are below:

6.2km
09/12 - 29:22
12/12 - 29:33
23/12 - 28:22
26/12 - 28:03
29/12 - 28:56
30/12 - 27:16

Overall I was pleased with this months training. I didn't start at the beginning of the month, and with Christmas and New Year I could easily have found excuses to not do many runs. By the end of this, the old ache had just started to come back in my left hip. I'm not worried about it at this stage but will keep tabs on it and start searching the running sites for info if it persists.

For January's runs I'd like to set myself the target of getting 8 in total done. If I'm feeling up to it, I'll try and get a 10km in by the end, but distance and speed are not my targets at this stage in the training, just the number of runs.

All the best for the New Year to all, and for those of you starting any New Year exercise regime up, good luck.

Cheers

Andy