First run in Peckham

I surprised myself. Round down the hill for a change, along Lugards Road and St Marys Road, along Nunhead to Consort Road, then looped round past the Old Nun Shed and retraced my steps. Total time: 21.5 minutes. That's quite a step up given I didn't train midweek.

Distance: 3.1k

Another year, another 10k

Okay, so I didn't actually do the 10k last year. I put in the miles beforehand. I was doing 60 minute runs. Morally, I did it. But shlepping out to Essex on my only free day amid a big CMS overhaul seemed stoopid. So there you go.

This year, I have longer to train so I should be able to take a nice gradual approach to building up. I've also decided to forget about running 'a time'. The 10k - 1 July, round the streets of London - is just an excuse to do some training.

So, this morning I did a first blast round Palais House Road in Hebden. 15 minutes, not terribly far, but a start.