Murray beaten!

I ran 3.5 miles yesterday in two parts. Firstly in my break I did a 2.5 mile run which I still find tough, but hopefully these will start to get easier in time. Then after work at about 10-30 I did another mile run fairly slowly. I`ve got quite a busy week ahead of me this week but I would somehow like to run a total of ten miles this week, this would maintain my desired schedule of increasing by 10 per cent each week. Ive got a pool match tonight but it would be good if I could get another run in after, lets see how I feel.
Unfortunately Andy Murray was beaten in the Australian Open tennis yesterday, he was beaten in five sets by fernando Verdasco. My bet in the womens singles Dinara Safina is still going, she is playing Jelena Dokic as I write this.

Friday takes it`s toll!

Friday has really took its toll on me, I intended to do a decent run tonight but only managed a pretty quick mile. When I say quick it was probably around the 10 minute mark but that`s pretty fast for me. I read in a magazine yesterday about a guy in his fifties who ran a sub four hour marathon with only 3 months training which is staggering. He said that it wasn`t long before he was running 7 minute miles fairly comfortably. I`m 37 feel fairly fit but find a 10 minute mile fairly tough so I really need to work harder and get more out of myself. I ran nine miles last week which I am very pleased with but would like to run ten miles this week. The forums and blogs about running suggest that you shouldn`t increase your running by more than ten per cent per so 10 miles is the maximum which I should run this. At the moment ten miles is looking pretty unlikely.

Aching legs and lager shandy!

I`m very happy with myself tonight though I have to admit that my legs ache a bit. I went to a gym with a good friend of mine near Brands Hatch. The gym was fantastic and there was also the added bonuses of a swimming pool, jacuzzi and sauna. Firstly I did 2000 metres on an exercise bike and followed this with 2.75 miles (30mins56seconds) on a running machine, I wanted to run 3 miles but it was getting tough near the end so I will try again next week. I didn`t run particularly fast but I`m not sure if I`ve ever ran continuously for half an hour before so I suppose that`s something to be proud of. A nice dip in the swimming pool followed by ten minutes in the sauna was exactly what the doctor ordered. We then caught the end of the Nottingham Forest - Derby match in the bar after, my two pints of lager shandy have never tasted so good.

Gym tonight!

I did another run on wednesday night, I only done a mile but it was a very fast mile. I`ve read on other sites and blogs that you should try to run a bit faster on the second half of your run but usually I`ve got nothing left. I`m going to a gym tonight with a friend and the plan is to do 5k on a running machine, I don`t know if I`ll be able to but every now and again you just have to raise the bar.
I went dancing last night and had a very good night, I probably had about fifteen dances and there were some nice girls there aswell.
I`ve had a couple of bets on the Australian open tennis, Ive backed Andy Murray and Dinara Safina to win their respective singles titles. Ive also backed them in a double and fortunately they both won their matches comfortably yesterday.

Late night run!

I had a good night last night, our pool team had a match at Croydon which we drew 5-5 and I won both my frames. It was a nice, friendly atmosphere with a real high standard in the second half of the match.
When I got home (at about 11-30) I quickly got changed and did another two and a half miles. This comprised of a 1.5 mile run before a half mile walk and a half mile run to finish off. I intended to run 2.5 miles straight through but I just wasn`t able to. I`m going to try to do another mile tonight.

Bad, real bad!

I played pool last night, it was the last 16 of the singles to be precise. I lost 4-2, I was bad, really bad. In fact I didn`t realise how badly I could be on a pool table, my opponent wasn`t that good either to be honest just better than me. I still sort of enjoyed it in a sadistic kind of way, I `ve always ejoyed competing although it`s never nice to lose.
I felt a bit tired yesterday so I didn`t do a run, I `m planning to do one tonight and abouit 11-30ish after a pool match in Croydon. I really want to do at least 2 more 2mile+ runs before the end of the week.

Road rage!

My day hasn`t gone too well so far. It started well because I got up early and was on the road by 7-30 but this is where all my problems started. It was raining which usually slows the traffic up a little but this was more than just a little, I then heard on the radio that a lorry had overturned in blackwall tunnel which was causing chaos in the surrounding areas. So after plenty of mild roadrage ( this normally means swearing drivers who are queue jumping) I got to work at 8-50, even later than on friday. Even our best laid plans sometimes go wrong through no fault of our own.
On a more brighter note, I did a two and a half mile run yesterday and really pleased with myself, the last mile was really tough but I was determined not to stop. I think I now need to enter myself into some sort of race (maybe a 10k) to keep my motivation up, I would really like to be running 3 miles and beyond comfortably before too long.

Last night my friend came around (a fellow blogger) and fixed my wireless broadband which hadn`t been working too well. We went to Patrick`s bar in Beckenham for a few drinks and too watch the final of the masters snooker which was won by Ronnie O`Sullivan.

An Irish family recently moved in nextdoor to me and they wanted to knock 2 rooms into 1, they now have the highest ceiling in Bromley!