Phase 2

I finally broke through the 5 km barrier yesterday. I have been ill over the last week, and just couldn't bring myself to start on the second lap of the my 5 km/3.1 mile route, which starts and ends at my house. However yesterday I managed to add the extra 1/4 mile.

So I am now on phase 2 of my training plan. I am still running every other day, but now the pattern is:

rest
short run
rest
medium run
(repeat)

The short run stays at 5 km, and here I will be working on increasing my speed. The medium run will increase by 1/4 mile each time, until I reach 6.25 mile / 10 km, which is twice round my route. Then I should be ready for that 10k run in September (hmm - which I still haven't actually entered yet - must get onto that).

After that, I plan to reward myself with a present of some Merrell Trail Glove running shoes, and then I will be giving barefoot/minimalist running a go.

Another milestone passed yesterday - I have now run a total of 50 miles since I started running properly (as opposed to run/walking). My average speed in the last four weeks was 6.2 mph. I will record this so I can compare it with next month's figure.