Goal: 2.3k @ 7:53 pace

Goal: 4.3k @ 7:53 min/km pace

Goal: 8K @ 7:53 pace

Achieved: 4.84K @ 6:03 pace

Goal: 2.3K @ 7:53 min/km pace

Goal: 4.4km at 7:53 min/km pace

Achieved: 4.84km 6:18 min/km pace

Cooper Test today. To see how far I can run in 12 minutes. Answer? 2.18 km. My personal best for a Cooper Test is 2.8km, so I am about 0.7km slower. Not too bad, but it does prove my fitness has dropped since my peak fitness.

Next run on Friday (4.4km @ 7:53min/km target pace)

Goal: Long Run 8K @ 7:16 min/km pace.

Achieved 4.58k @ 6:53 min/km pace. Fell way short of my target, but it is still early in the plan. I must really up my game (and mileage)

(Day 2 missed due to weather)

Goal: Easy 2.3k run at 7:16 min/km pace.

Achieved 2.38k at 6:11min/km ave pace

Target: 4.3km run at 7:16 min/km pace. Achieved 4.69km @ 6:44 min/km pace.

Next run on Friday, 4.4km run, easy pace at 7:16 min/km. Today’s run was a toughie (haven’t run in excess of 3K for a while).

My plan has been setup and starts this week. First run is on Wednesday and is a 4.3 km run with a 7:16 min/km target pace.

I have got a place in the Royal Parks Half Marathon. Now waiting for my race pack to arrive. In the meantime, I will be adjusting my training plan.

The sports apparel company has agreed to buy MyFitnessPal, a popular diet-tracking app, for $475 million. Under Armour announced the MyFitnessPal acquisition, as well as the comparatively smaller $85 million purchase of running app Endomondo, alongside its quarterly earnings report Tuesday afternoon.

Heck, I use both apps…. ^_^;

Under Armour buys MyFitnessPal for $475 million.

I got an email over the weekend from the organisers. The race this year takes place on Sunday 11th October. You can register your interest and be advised when the ballot opens by going to the site or going to http://www.royalparkshalf.com/Take-part-ballot/. The ballot opens tomorrow (27th January) and runs through to 4th February. You get notified on the 6th Feb if you got a place.

I tried to get into the race last year, and lost out during the ballot. Nonetheless, I’m going to try again this year. Currently trying to build up my mileage again after an extended down-period due to work pressures. Yes, as much as magazines such as Runner’s World and medical professions dispute that, work does impact your mental state and that in turn carries over into your running. Some may find it easy to ditch the work mindset and run, others (like me) don’t find it so easy…

Do not try this at your local gym ^_^

So, it’s Christmas Day, and rather than lie in, I let my alarm go off this morning, got up, and did an early morning run. Not a long distance, mind you, since it was only 6 deg C, but a nice, quiet run. No cars on the road, just me, my music, and the pavement in front of me.

I completed Five to 10K Week 1 Day 2 (7.04 km), in 46:21, pace 06:35 min/km, with @RunDouble http://rndb.co/k5NK

A delay between my last run and this run due to work pressures, reasonably good on this run, dropped to a walk just before the end.

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I completed Five to 10K Week 1 Day 1 (7.04 km), in 44:09, pace 06:16 min/km, with @RunDouble http://rndb.co/h5HU

First one of the 5K to 10K plan. Boy was it a tough one. Several intervals of 1.28K with a short walk in between. Still, lasted the session, but my legs are hurting now.

I completed C25K Full 5K (5.00 km), in 31:43, pace 06:20 min/km, with @RunDouble http://rndb.co/55FY

Finished the last run in the C25K training plan. Next up is to try to extend it further, but I think I’ll still with 5K’s for a while to get my endurance back. Hopefully.

Also finished S3M1 of ZR3, but won’t be including the track here.

Yesterday was my first run on the ZR3 app since stopping back in June. Resuming from S3M1 (Season 3 Mission 1), even though I’ve done that mission before, so I can pick up Season 3 from scratch again. And guess what, I picked up a new Achievement: Well-earned Rest. Stop using ZR3 for a month or more and then use it again, and you’ll get this achievement.

By the way, I am still not updating the Achievements list on my BitBucket repository.

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