I went for a pretty good run around the Royal Victoria Dock yesterday. I started off without the idea of how it would pan out and did a circuit around the west-end of the dock, over the bridge in the middle and back past the apartment. That circuit took 10 minutes, so I decided to make a 3-circuit run of approx 30 minutes. I ended up running 29 minutes, so I have set the benchmark to beat.

The bridge in the middle of the dock is quite high above the dock itself. There are staircases of approx 4 stories each, so it is a good workout to run up the stairs and then exercise a different group of muscles running down them on the other side.



I haven't created a running schedule yet; all of my running these days is unplanned. If I feel that I haven't been for a run (or to the gym) in a while, then I just decide to go running. When other preoccupations are out of the way (i.e.: finding a job!) then I will be in a better frame of mind to plan my running. (Although, there is the argument that planning my running would keep me occupied and I would worry less about the long process of finding work.)