I am thinking about getting one of those polypropylene tops to wear under my t-shirt when running. It will be good for running during winter. It is a good material for absorbing sweat away from the body, and it should keep me warm.

I borrowed one of Dad's on Monday. It was a short run, but I noticed the difference. His one has short sleeves, though. One with longer sleeves would be better.

I entered the BMW half last Friday. It is not until November (during exams), so there is plenty of time left to train. I am going to ask Dad about his long training runs (from his training records) and start doing some of them. Some of them are really long - which will be excellent for building up stamina.

I did the run around One Tree Hill this time. It was gently raining throughout the whole run, but it wasn't that cold. I noticed that my hands really heat up while I run. I really can generate my own heat!

The time was just over 54 minutes. Just as I was planning. It is good to get back into the rhythm of doing these longer runs. I will ask Dad to take me over some of the long runs that he did for his marathon training.

It was the first time I had been for a run for a few days. My excuse? The shower was broken, and I didn't want to go for a run, if I couldn't have a shower afterwards. Well, sometimes the anticipation of the hot shower afterwards is what keeps you going!

I ran my Orakei Rd run. I felf half asleep. Almost as if I could have sat down on the footpath and fallen asleep. It was strange. My legs were heavy. I paced myself, though. After such a long time off from running, it is best just to get some time out on the road, and not worry about speed at this stage. With that in mind, my time of 47 mins 5 seconds was not bad.

I did my One Tree Hill run today. It is my favourite run. It has a good combination of hills and excellent scenery. My favourite part is running along Twin Oaks Drive - a corridor of Oak Trees on either side of me, providing shade from the sun and shelter from the rain and wind.

I am not sure exactly what the distance is - I should really measure it one of these days! My best time is just under 50 minutes, so I am guessing that it is about 10kms.

Today was cold, but fortunately, it didn't rain too heavily. I still met a few runners as I ran to the top of the hill. One of them even stopped me to ask for the time!

Hey. I have created this new blog page so that I can make notes about my training runs and the running events that I enter. I like running because it is a great chance to be alone with your thoughts and put aside the stress of everyday life. I like the beautiful scenary that my runs take me to, and the physical challenge of pushing myself to the limit. It will be interesting to look back at how my training runs have gone and the progress that I make over time.