Starting to get back running

So far this year it has been a patchy restart to my running life but things are looking positive now.
Getting to training nights with Royton are proving difficult and not usually able to get to a parkrun on a Saturday so have chosen to match the distance I would have done, so a training night would be 10K and parkrun obviously 5K.

The process to get my coaching licence re-activated is moving on and this week received my DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) certificate, so England Athletics can send me my new licence.

How to get to club nights will still be a challenge, Mondays and Thursdays are from the Cricket club so it is just a case of a jog (if I am not working away), Wednesdays are at Kingsway track which is a car journey and I still have no car with no plans in the short term to get one.

So just focusing on getting fit, losing weight and reading the latest info set out by England Athletics.

On Monday I wanted to do a 10k mostly because I had signed up to the Strava July 10K challenge and time was running out, I find this a good motivator as I am not racing or training it is too easy to plump for short runs.
I started by planning the route and remembered I now live on the route of the Milltown 10K I created for the series with Alan Keane back in 2011.

My goto routing tool is www.mapmyrun.com and set about re-creating the run, of course with a different start/finish!

Here is my effort and aim to do it at the end of each month so I can compare efforts



I really want to complete the August distance and hill climbing challenges so watch this space!

Lastly for this week the local craft beer place I frequent (The Secret SIP) has engaged with the Mikkeller brewery who have set up running clubs all over the world, it is a simple fun concept. 1 Saturday a month turn up to the pub run a 5k or 10k get back and get a free pint of beer when you get back.

It was great to speak with Ben who is setting it up, his enthusiasm for the project was great and it is something I will support (if it does not clash with football)
So registered the app and soon the Oldham "Chapter" will be live, could not link the app to Strava and Ben had the same issue but he managed to do it via the website.
Not something I have managed to do yet but no rush to resolve.

Check it out at Mikkeller

Have a good week

Mark