Yeah, I reached my landmark. But it was pretty tough and didn’t feel anywhere near as good as last Sunday’s 14k run. It wasn’t just during the extra 2K either; it felt slow almost all the way through. Actually I haven’t felt on top form since; I ran 6K on Tuesday and that felt hard as well. So I’ve had 2 days off any kind of exercise that uses up my legs and I’ll be trying 10 miles again tomorrow. I really hope that it will be a bit more enjoyable. Mark runs even though he hates it but I don’t see the point in that. I’d rather progress a bit more slowly and enjoy it than push myself so hard that it’s torture every time.

Even though I’d only had about 4 hours’ sleep the night before, I plodded through 14K. As usual my calves ached a little during the first 20 minutes or so but after that the run felt really good. Perhaps because the endorphins start to kick in? Anyway, it was fantastic. I’m hoping to do 10 miles (16K) one Sunday before the end of the month. If I manage that I’ll have done Couch to 10 miles in 6 months.

I’ve pledged to do a January Streak with some of my schoolfriends, which means exercising every day of the month but, to be honest, I’m not sure that it’s the way forward for me. I haven’t done very well in my running when my legs have already been working hard the day before. So I think I will do running on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays, and swim on either Monday or Thursday. On the ‘rest’ days I’ll just do core workouts.