16 weeks of running

16 weeks and running seems to have become an integral part of my week.  I don't think I'll ever be fast, I don't think I'll ever run really long distances, but I just like to run.  I hope that continues, with the winter coming quickly and a few more months of dark, cold morning runs...

I'm in to week 8 of my shortened OHR programme.  I'm not struggling with the longer runs, but I do find I have to push myself a little harder to keep going past the 30 minute mark.   36min run yesterday, and I managed to hit the 5km mark and felt good the whole run - so I was pretty proud of myself and on a high most of the day. So much so, I'm considering going for a short jog around the block if I wake up early enough tomorrow....and I NEVER run on a Saturday.

I am getting to the point where I don't need so much structure in my running to keep going, but I think I need some kind of programme to keep pushing me to be better, fitter, faster, stronger!  Not sure where I'll go to after the OHR, I'll have 2 weeks left after my week off....I'll have to start looking around.  Maybe I'll check out the coach section on the nike plus website.

Which reminds me, I'm loving the nike+.  A garmin would be great to track my fitness and running, but the social aspect of the nikeplus site is pretty neat.

In other news, I have a 6 or 7 hour drive ahead of me tomorrow - Palmy to Auckland.  We've got the whole day, we're not in a hurry, so we might not go direct - maybe we'll go via Taupo and stop at the lake, or take the National Park route through Taumaranui - I've never been there, so it would be something new.

Then it's up really early Sunday morning to the airport to fly out on Air NZ to Melbourne for a week of shopping, walking, great food and two Tegan & Sara concerts.    I've got my earbuddy concert earplugs all packed and ready to go.