Monday, 3 August was the first session of week 2 and I’m now up to 3 lots of 4 minutes running with 2 minutes brisk walking in between and of course a 10 minute warm up and 5 minute cool down.

Considering I went out with a headache and was tired after returning from a 3-day intensive personal development course, I was pleased at the fact that it didn’t feel any harder than running 3 lots of 3 minutes last week. In fact, I was surprised each time my coach said we had done the 4 minutes.   

So in one week, I have gone from running 2 minutes at a time to 4 minutes at a time, without pushing myself too hard or causing any injury. 

Tip:  Rather than looking ahead at the end goal of running 10 miles, which at this stage of the game seems an impossible task, I’m just working on the immediate week at hand.  So, this week, it’s 3 sessions, as usual, of 3 x 4 minutes running.  That makes it very achievable.

I’ll keep you posted.  If you wish to sponsor me, please go to: www.justgiving.com/vanessa.  And please let me have your comments on the blog.  Any encouragement would be very gratefully received.