Tick tock

Becoming conscious of time ticking on towards October with limited progress being made. With nearly two months of "training" complete the mileage level is creeping snail-like towards the 100 mark but I need to shift it up a gear, both in terms of distance covered and also mixing it up with some speed work, hill work, fahtleks, yogalates and the like. Although I've got to the stage where I can run an undulating 5 miles at an average of about 8:35, but that is less than the half-marathon pace I was running last year and well out of the 10k range I'm aiming for. Its now less than two weeks until my first event of the year - the Peopleton Scenic Six, so definitely time to step up to the plate. The Scenic Six is a lovely run in the Worcestershire countryside starting off on the main road through the village but quickly heading along trails and footpaths into the fields and along streams, and as its one I did last year, I've got a clear target to aim for. So it'll be off running along trails whenever possible to get some practice in, trying to keep the back loose and the joints lubricated. All the time wondering why. All the time knowing. Total mileage: 81.59 miles. Weight: all too static.