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So I went out this morning, with no formal plan, other than to run further than my usual 5k (ish) local loop.  The town I live in isn’t very big, so even running around the whole place won’t get you to 10k - so I had to make an effort to stretch the route as much as possible, and actually found a great new route to the next village over, which I will explore more another day.

Anyway I was feeling good, so my goal became a 10k, and I was quiet pleased to hit 6.5 miles! According to Nike+ my longest run ever!! (not convinced, but I’ll take it!)...

Anyway, so I am really pleased to bust out a 10k (albeit not that fast) when I haven’t run regularly in months!! Off to a great start.

What are your running goals for January? These can be whatever you want.

To run min 3 times a week, to beat the 42 miles I ran last Jan.

What is your running background / experience? Why do you want to run now?

On/off runner for last 10 years. Ran my first organised event last year, in a 10k in Feb. After this life got in the way, and my running tailed off. Want to run now to loose weight, and get energised.

Do you follow a formal training plan?

Not really, but may start to get more organised as my goals get bigger!

Do you have any formal running events scheduled?

Going to do 10k again in Feb (same course, 56 mins to beat), then something else later in the year to keep the focus, possibly a Half Marathon in May.

Since moving more to the countryside, I’m loving running trails rather than tarmac.  I’m also still loving find new places near where I live. Happened across this nature reserve today, just lovely must take the fam back there.

One of the things I love about running is discovering new places.  This morning I ran a new route, followed a footpath, not know where I was going, then another, then through a small field then down another path and then Boom popped out in to the view below!!

Bit hazy today as rain was coming, but none the less. It made my day! Massively beats running on concrete footpaths too! Didn’t get to go that much further as had to get back but there’s several public footpaths to run on so definitely going back and exploring further!

So I haven’t run in about a month, but today woke up psyched to go running.

I’ve been watching too many Casey Neistat vlogs in which he goes running everyday in NYC and it made me super excited to get out and run, and feel energised!

So I ran, predictably I was so excited I set off at breakneck speed (relative) and near died after the first 10 mins! Then it turned into a walk-run-walk-run fest until I made it home.

Still I made it, 5k(ish) in 30 mins (so wasn’t that bad after all!) and I still run further today than i did yesterday - and that can’t be a bad thing!

So have to admit to felling a little surprised when May appeared.  Ultimately it was inevitable it would arrive soon after April, but suddenly thinking we are in the 5th month of the year, which mean next month is half way through!! 

Maybe I'm a sucker for running my goals on the calendar year, maybe not.... But I feel like I’ve got a lot left to accomplish and not long to do it. Time to really knuckle down and push on with trying to achieve my best year ever. 

Then rereading my goals, and thinking about where I am at surprised me a little, I’ve actually accomplished more than I give myself credit for, but that’s me I can’t give myself credit for anything! 

Anyway, went for a run today as the sun was out, and felt great for it. Need more, must run more, love the time outside, in the quiet, time to think.