6 weeks to go

Only 6 weeks left to whip myself into shape to face the Royal Parks Half Marathon.

The preparation has not been ideal, with a 4 week trip to America (of all places) slap bang in the middle of my training schedule.

I got back from my holiday with 7 weeks until the race, and 6lb gained.

The first couple of sessions at the gym were tough, very tough, but my third session yesterday was an enormous improvement, and I have shed 4lb of those 6lb that I gained.

I managed to run more than a third of the distance, 7.5km, in 40m 36s, not a brilliant time, but given my previous two sessions (when I could barely manage 5km), I’m reasonably happy.

Hopefully the coming weeks will see me trim up again, and improve on those times and distances.

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