Insert Clever Running Pun Here

I blame the weather for my dis­tinct lack of run­ning dur­ing the past two weeks! I’ve man­aged a pal­try 10k in the past 12 days. This time last month i’d run 114k. If con­sis­tency is the key to run­ning then i’m still fum­bling to find the lock. My cycling hasn’t fared much bet­ter, skip­ping 4 days already this month.

On the upside, the two runs i have com­pleted have both been parkruns and they yielded my two fastest 5k times ever. In the sub-zero tem­per­a­tures yes­ter­day — some­where under­neath 3 lay­ers of run­ning gear and whilst dodg­ing icy patches — i man­aged to run a 22:05. The week before i pulled out a 21:28 which was a PB by some 40 sec­onds. Janathon (fol­lowed by a shed load of rest) had reaped its rewards.

I feel much more deter­mined to resume the running/cycling this week and with balmy tem­per­a­tures of 7–8 degrees pre­dicted i have no excuses. I’ve booked the bike in for a ser­vice on Wednes­day which involves an addi­tional cycle to Crouch End twice. Tues­day and Thurs­day will be club nights and i’ll be din­ing out with Anna on Mon­day and Wednes­day night. Neces­si­ties such as sleep­ing will have to play sec­ond fiddle.

In other news, i’ve splashed out on a tread­mill. The Nordic Track T8.0.

It seems to be the best of the ‘bud­get’ deals and comes from a rep­utable dealer with a lengthy war­ranty. I fig­ure with Anna and me now run­ning the price is just about jus­ti­fied. If i say that enough times i may start believ­ing it. The clincher was that it came with a years sub­scrip­tion to iFit Live. I have no real under­stand­ing of what this is, but there’s lots of pretty pic­tures and moti­va­tional words on their web­site so it must be good. Right?

I’ll let you know.…