2.93km at just under 6:00/km

Sunday Run, made the 5km, but trying barely made the top of the steep hill on my 5km route (which is the 3km mark on the chart below).

Guess I’d better get back to training that hill….

Sometimes you have good run days, others you have bad days.

8th April run was definition a bad run day. Only lasted about 2.3km in, then started walk-running :(

Overall average pace was 7:14 according to Strava. My worst pace for a long time :(

I shortish run today (even though I’m posting a day late) 2.74km at 5:58min/km. Felt a comfortable pace. Looks like 5:30-6:00min/km is my comfort pace which I will probably keep using as foundation.

This isn’t an April Fool’s joke (even though I’m posting a day late)

Ran 5km, although the last km was more walking. I’m way out of shape so just trying to get to being able to get 5km down. Then maybe I’ll pickup ParkRuns again.

First run for a while and made one lap, my normal 5K although it tracked on FitBit as just shy of 5K for some reason.

The last km was a bit of trouble for me, but I managed a reasonable pace until then

So @Fitbit seemed to be having trouble syncing my runs (although it did manage to sync my stats for some reason)

A full uninstall, data/cache clear and reinstall seems to have fixed that.

Did a run yesterday and made it just about 5K (4.98km actually) and dropped to a walk a few times en route. However, went my old hill climb route and made the hill part without stopping.

I’m interleaving my runs with FitBit Coach now to try to slim down a bit. FBC is actually harder than it seems….

Forgot to log this yesterday. Ran 4.43km yesterday at average pace of 5:49/km. Higher than normal, but caused me to drop to walk a few times.

Ran a different route - one which was nearly a 5km (the loop itself is 4.12 km) – and actually broke my record on that, doing the 4.12km loop in 22:34.

Just shy of 5K today. :(

1 big lap (~1.8km) and two small laps (~0.7km each) of my local park.  3.67 km

Forgot to log this yesterday

5.05km today. And generally a bit faster, although I was pretty tired to begin with..

Just shy of 5k today, but most of it closer to 6min/km than the others

Two runs today, one 2.30km and one 3.25km

Slacked off a bit for a while, but made another 5km run today. Average pace 6:26min/km.

Another 5km run – slightly faster than yesterday though

I think I’ve found a rhythm in my running now. It’s a slower pace than I used to have (6:45min/km) but I can maintain it.

Decided to try doing a slower pace today – and made it around 4km without dropping to a walk. This was 1.5 laps around my local park. Next one will be two laps (which should also take me to 5km)

First run of the new year. Only 3.22km today, but give it time… .^_^

A happy new year to the readers still following this blog. I’ve been slacking off posting for a while now. Hopefully should rectify that this year.

Will start blogging my attempts at getting back into shape with the intention of retrying going for the Royal Parks Half Marathon.

Current weight, 12st 0lbs.

Yes, running on Christmas Day. A shortish one. It was pretty dead in my local village, with pretty much all the shops closed except for the Fruit + Veg store.

Have a great Christmas Day, everyone ! :)

First time road-running 5km for a while, and did drop to a walk a few times, especially going up the hill.

Average pace 06:28min/km, and Strava says I’m gradually getting faster on this route (which is good)

So I haven’t been posting here much recently so here are some updates.

Been slowing trying to get back into running, have been slacking off WAAAAY too much lately. Tried using Aaptiv (@aaptiv) which is a training fitness app that has trainers talking you through the stuff, there are a few problems with it.

1. When you use a stretch/strength training routine or yoga routine, you're reliant on them telling you what to do, there's no video guide to show you the correct form, and that's bad. Other apps like FitBit Coach has videos where you can copy the coach to make sure you have the right form.
2. On Treadmill/Running routines, they talk in mph, but treadmills here in the UK go in km/h, which requires conversion (1.0 mph = 1.6 kph)

On a separate note, I have bought another attempt at the CKA exam, but this time bought the bundle with the Kubernetes Fundamentals Training from Linux Foundation. Let’s see how different that is to Linux Academy’s training….

One-lap run around my park. Nothing major.

First run for a long while – decided to push and go for the 5k I had been leaving for a long while

Made it in 30mins near enough on the dot. Strava tracking 5.03km in 29.57 with an average pace of 5:57min/km