A little late but week 6 of the training is now complete and week 7 underway.

Week 6 saw me working back in England and I managed a couple of runs around the town of Lichfield on Monday evening then Wednesday morning.  The weather was horrible with the wind and rain, coupled with me still trying to shake a bad cold.  However, i managed the fastest average time of the training so far, completing Wednesday's 6.63km in 38.07minutes at an average time of 10.44kmph.

Back home to Austria on Thursday evening and I completed the long run of the week of 13.91km in a decent 1hr 27 mins and 37 seconds (av 9.53kmph).  My aim is to average 10km (I used to average 12km back in 2002 before I decided to abuse my body with beer, curry and 2 blown achilles heels) - so I've a lot of ground still to catch up.

The new Nike running shoes are settling in nicely.  I bought a wristband and sensor for it and tried it out for the first time.  It needed calibrating, which was a breeze to do online, comparing against the distance mapped in mapmyrun.  I ran today and the distance logged was absolutely bang-on to the metre - I really do not know how that thing works - but it's good!  I'm now running to both heartbeat and pace.

All this running malarky aint half getting me around the area.  I'm learning new routes, places, short-cuts and all sorts of lanes that I never knew existed near my house.

Finally, I'm building up to the long run of the week on Friday. A killer 21km (5km more than I've ever run before).  I think I'm going to take it easy during that one and just aim to finish!