FEBRULOUS is off to a FABULOUS start

Clearly the prayers and good wishes (THANK YOU - your support means A LOT xx) worked their magic: My first Februlous 10km is complete. WOOP. It wasn’t an amazing 10km – there were a few (ahem) too many walking breaks for my liking - but I did it and in 1 hr 16 minutes no less.

Fortunately, I have another 27 attempts to perfect my 10km run!! My Februlous goal (aside from surviving) is to complete the 10km Eton time trail on the 26th February in 55 minutes, i.e. cutting 20 mins off my current time and yes:

Rather hard work, sweat and persistence will get me over that finish line in 55 minutes on the 27th February.  Just wait and see ;-))

To be honest, it was a little bit of a shock that I completed today’s 10km without too much fuss, as the concept of running a 10km commute has been SUCH a mental block for me, even despite wanting to master this for about 5 months.

In actual fact this morning’s run passed in a blur – not because I am a speedy runner (that much is self-evident!!) but because I spent about 25 minutes wrestling with AudioFuel’s 180 beats Interval Training programme. Their Interval Programme is deceptively challenging but so distracting and a brilliant workout to boot – By the close of the week I intend to have perfected AudioFuel’s 180 beats pyramid interval before embarking on AudioFuel's 200 beats pyramid next week.

[As a baseline reference, this morning I managed about 30 seconds of the 90 second top level interval of the 180 beat pyramid (i.e. a fast run but not quite a "full out, give it everything you’ve got" sprint) before I started seeing stars!! Please don’t think too badly of me, I had been running for about 40 minutes prior to attempting this. But yes, ordinarily as a rule, I am that pathetic!!]

Nonetheless lean, keen running machine – here I come!! xx

FEBRULOUS TRACKER