Day 43

(83 days to go)

I managed a 12.5KM run this last week (well run/walk). I had to take me long run in the middel of the week due to other comitments. Also a friend told me about a good place to run, de Largo/sope in chapultepec in Mexico City. It has a 1Km flat..ish track or a 2 Km track with some hills.

I decided to go for a run there with my wifes cousin, Mario. This was going to be a good test as he is a Para in the Mexican millatary. We started the run on the 2Km course and after about 1Km i was feeling realy tired, i pritty much put this down too the hill and my lack of training on them. On completion of completting my first two Km i looked at the clock tim (which in this park is position above the start of both tracks) and realised i was running to Mario's pace and just covered the first 2 Km 3mins faster than i had ever done before. We ran a total of 5 Km which is what we planned and i got my PR reduced by 55 seconds (but this uncluded the hill runs). i felt a bit guilty with my wifes Cousin as he was conatantly running ahead then circling back to pick me up. The good thing was he gave me the option to cut the run short to only 4Km, i decilined this saying ' i might be slow but i will get there in the end'.

i will continue running this a least on Sunday mornings for the next 5 - 6 weeks. Then i will try and get there 3 times a week leading upto the marathon.

My weight is going down too, i have lost over 6Kg. Another 14 Kg to go.