Return of the Mac

Blimey, winter's here then!
It's as if with the turn of the calendar onto Dec 1 the frost has arrived right on cue.
It's not making for very pleasant running conditions as the video in my last blog will testify. I'm still recovering from Sunday's run. I measured it on one of the Google pedometer things and it was just over nine miles in total.
I thought I had run ten, so I'm a little disappointed as it means I am a long way off the ten minute mile pace I am aiming to hit for the day itself. But still got time to get to that.
It was the first two hour run of my training though, which is an important milestone. It was crazy conditions though as parts of the Portway, the road that runs along the river at the bottom of the gorge, was ankle deep in water. I couldn't get any wetter if I'd been at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean taking a shower.
But it is definitely paying off in terms of increasing fitness levels and losing weight.
I weighed myself at home yesterday, as I couldn't make the official Weight Watchers weigh in, and I'm down to 15st 8lbs, which is great progress.
One of the real bonuses of the week is that I dug out a winter coat I bought at my slimmest a few years ago, which has been hibernating at the back of the cupboard along with all those 15" collar shirts and 32" waist jeans.
But I'm pleased to say it fits again, it's the return of the mac, as it were. To be fair it's a little snug and I can't wear it with the lining in it, but I can wear it over my suit and just about get the buttons done up. Crucially it doesn't look like I'm bursting out of it.

Managed to do the 35 minute run that is down on my training plan tonight, although it wasn't very pleasant. Wasn't really in the mood for it, but it's done.

I've just been offered a place in the Weston-super-Mare Christmas Cracker 10K which is in about ten days, so I'm a bit excited about that. I've seen them doing it for years, but never had a go myself. I think it will be good to enter it and put myself to the test, especially as it's along the beach and will probably be foul conditions. Bring it on I say.