And so it begins

So after getting excited yesterday about training for a purpose again, I decided to run after work tonight. The loop I did I estimated to be around 7.5, but thanks to the satellites in the sky and the smartphone in my hand, I was able to track it accurately:

Hurray! I underestimated a distance for once!

At least I know where I'm at now, fitness-wise. I ran 5:15min kilometres, which ok, but the route I took has a lot of downhills. For my half-marathon training I was running the other way, uphill. And that's what I'm going to do from now on, so obviously the pace will be a bit slower to start with. Today was just my way of easing into the training.

I'm really looking forward to the point where my foundation fitness is cranking again, and the only way to do that is by running three times a week. And hopefully by doing this I can get that time down. Running the current pace for 10km would see me running a time of between 52-53 minutes, but I doubt I have the stamina to do that yet. And training is the only way to fix it!