I am increasing the length of my runs. Well, at least compared to the ones that I have been on recently. Today, I went out for time, not for speed. The run was Orakei, and the time was a fraction over 45 minutes. Not a bad time, seeing that I wasn't concerned about getting something fast. I still feel a far way off what I should be for running much longer distances.

I will go for a longer run tomorrow. I will have "running for time" in my mind, again.

On Monday, I went for my 6km run, but at a deliberately slow pace. I wanted to be sure that I could complete the distance! (After the last 2 runs I went on, this became an issue). My time was around 28 minutes. That's very slow for this run as just a couple of months ago, I would be doing a time of around 24 minutes. Still, it's the time on the road running that counts. I want to go for a run on Thursday so I hope I don't come home too late.

This is becoming a bit of a habit now. I had another stretch of 2 weeks where I didn't go for a run. Ostensibly, I was busy with university and AIESEC work. But, I know that I can always find the time, if I really want to.

So, I went for 2 runs last week - on Tuesday and Thursday. The Tuesday run was awful! I set out to run for 6km, but could only manage my 4.8km run. My legs were heavy, I felt tired, and I had the stitch - all at the same time! Still, I had the feeling that if the run were difficult, then it must be doing some good for me. How true is that?

The Thursday run was better - Seaview Rd. I ran the whole way up Seaview Rd, and it felt like a better run than Tuesday's. However, I would not be ready for one of the longer runs. That does it! I am going to run more often so I can do those longer runs! How many times have I said that before? Let's see if I can follow through with this one.