Last year, I ran a 10k.  Other than the weekly personal training, I didn’t really train for it. I did it in 1hr 22mins. My mother ran it in 1hr 19mins (for those of you that don’t know the feeling of being beaten in a race by your mother, it’s a not good feeling…).

Due to not having a permanent job at the moment, I’m not doing the personal training and due to Easter and other celebrations, I’m out of shape.  Jem (the personal trainer) has been nagging Ma and me to sign up for another one and two weeks ago we did.

So on 17th July, I will be running 10k, hopefully in 1hr 10mins or less.  If I want to do that, I have to train.  So I’ve started using the Couch to 10k app, I love this as it tells me when to run, when to walk and when to stop and makes training outside and by myself that much easier. It almost gives me the willpower not to stop when I think it’s too hard.

I’ve also got to grips with my diet and have stopped drinking booze for a couple of weeks. This isn’t a permanent thing, I love manhattans far too much to give them up forever. However, I have noticed that my drinking has increased since Christmas. I rarely drink to excess, I’m never drunk, or hungover the next day but I have had a glass or two every day and what I notice about drinking, is that when I have a glass of wine, my food choices are poor and my motivation to exercise is lower, which doesn’t help with the healthy life style or fitting into my clothes.

What I really want is to be one of those runners, you know the ones, those guys in the park who run past you, looking comfortable and not wheezing from the effort.  Starting is the only way to get there, so 10k or die…