Longest run to date - my own half marathon

With it now only being 3 weeks until the Brighton Half Marathon, I woke up this morning ready for my early run and decided to see if I could run my own 13.2 miles at slow pace.

It's always much better to have a goal at the start of each run - something I never used to have - it was just a 5k here, 5 miler there. But now I ask myself before each run: "What do I want to achieve from this?" and it really works.

So I set off just before 8 and completed 21.55k (13.4 miles) in 2:13:04 which I didn't think was too bad. It was SO good to be back out on the roads after the nightmare snow week last week, and I actually felt like  had a bit more in the tank at the end which surprised me.

Pleased with today's run!

I'm still finding that it takes me around 1.5 miles to really settle into my rhythm though - I hope when it comes to London I'll be able to settle down and not get too wrapped up in the spectators and the excitement!

Next week I'm aiming for 15 and then push for 18 the week before Brighton. I do need to start planning some different routes though as am getting bored of my usual one.

Let's just hope we don't get any more snow!!!