I sort of planned this week. By which I mean I wrote down a couple of days it would be nice to run.

Monday – rest day

Tuesday – 5.6 miles @ 11:02

I’m really trying to make Tuesday evening runs a habit. This week I had slightly longer than usual, so figured I could probably get 6 miles in. I was coming down with a cold, so it took me at least 3 miles to get into it. After that it became quite enjoyable, until the point I realised my route wasn’t long enough. Must plan more.

Wednesday – RFRC beginners week 3

Didn’t get any extra mileage in, but was pleased to still enjoy the group while very definitely full of cold.

Thursday – rest day

Friday – rest day

Total miles in January: 60.4

Saturday – 1 mile, Longrun Meadow parkrun, 1 mile

With the whole family struggling, touring wasn’t going to happen this week. I wasn’t feeling too bad first thing, and after running the mile to Longrun Meadow decided to go for it and see how I felt. I ended up running it in 28:46, which I’m pretty happy with given I definitely struggled with my cold. Great to see running friends, and with the mile home as well it took the pressure off running the next day.

Sunday – Longrun Meadow junior parkrun

I didn’t make it out for a ‘proper’ run, but I did go for another loop round Longrun Meadow with Lani. The puddles were significantly worse, and somehow despite constantly trying to splash me Lani finished only a second off her overall PB. More time to chat with running friends rounded off the week nicely.

Miles in week: 14
Miles in February so far: 6.2
Miles in 2020 so far: 66.8

I ran more miles in January than I’ve run in any month since July 2015. My previous highest January was 2018, when I ran 40.8 miles. The best part is though that I’m not doing anything crazy, I’m just getting runs in where I can. Which is an exciting platform to build on for the rest of the year.