A 20-day break in January was followed by a week's running,
then another 33 days of zeros in the diary. The cause, a 'medical condition'
which I'm confident is in the past. I'm up to 2 days of running in a row
— yes! The details of those runs: 1k in 5:24 followed by 4k of easy
walking at the Coombs Parkrun then on Sunday evening, 2k at 5:40 per km,
puffing along with the expected high average heart-rate of 139 (my maximum is
about 160).
My intention is to very gradually increase the daily
distance over the coming weeks until I'm somewhere near a goal volume of 60
kilometres per week. My long-term racing goal for this year is to run 5k in a
time yet to be determined, something 'respectable' — in the vague
range of 22 to 24 minutes. I'll stick my neck out in due course, but even 25
minutes seems lofty when out of shape. I hope all readers are having a good
2019 so far — a shout-out to Mark, who recently ran a big marathon PB
of 3:08, an excellent result, achieved with clever coaching from young Scott
Brown. Until the next post, be well.
Lake Stakes runners celebrating after the weekly 6k handicap run on 1 January
