Hi Everyone,

I am still committed to doing my first half marathon in September 2016 (Blackmore's Running Festival, Sydney, Australia). I have been checking out some running programs, and getting some real-life experience advice from a friend (Sally Hinchey).

So next week, I'll begin - starting with two mid week runs followed by a longer weekend run.

I'll start with probably two 5 kilometre runs with a 7 kilometre weekender. Then progressively increase the weekend distance and also will make each of the weekly runs a little longer but not too much.

The ASICS plan calls for pretty slow times in the first few weeks of 5 kilometre run (7:30 minutes per kilometre compared to current 5:45-6:00). Their idea is to build up volume of kilometres at a slow pace before speeding things up.

I think I'll just adapt a few different plans around my body recovery rate and lifestyle. I'll log weekly efforts from next week. Talk soo kids.

Ciao for now
Guy