This just in

Just got back after an unaided run, by unaided i mean firstly i couldn't find my water bottle so i couldn't take a drink with me and Dani wasn't there to spot me as she was working so i was all alone

I did manage to get the GPS watch partially working so i now have some beginning stats, i'm not sure where i ran though as i went around in circles at one point so i won't be able to map this run

I ran 2.9 km it took me 17:07 min's and my average speed was 10 k/h

I could really notice the lack of my isotonic drink, my chest got tight about half way through and i was struggling near the end

I felt much better and more controlled on Monday's run

I still warmed up and cooled down before and after but it just wasn't the same

Distance

I walked part of the distance yesterday that i ran on Monday but this time with my (brothers) GPS watch, it turns out that i'm probably already running the 2.5k required

I've planned to run again tonight, the same distance, to improve my cv and endurance, this time with the GPS watch to track distance and pace, the only problem i can see is that Wednesday is cinema night

I need to start swimming soon so i've looked into our local pool to find out when the lanes swimming is, swimming is my weakest side to the whole triathlon, i never really swam lengths before, i normally just done widths and depths in the pool, I remember saying in school that i couldn't swim to get out of lessons, but even then i never really put much effort in

I asked Dani to look on freecycle for a bike for me and i need to call the lady back today in regards to picking it up if it's right for me

Improvements

So i went for another run last night, still not sure of the distance, this time however i made sure that i warmed up by spending 10 minutes on our cross-trainer and then done my stretches with Dani
This time round i made sure that i regulated my breathing much better and didn't get a stitch, i also took on board an isotonic drink all the way round to help with hydration and i found this helped while going round and when i got back as i found i was quicker to recover

I did get a bit of a pain in the backs of my legs, but after doing my final stretches this seems much better now

After my run i had a half a shake with protein powder to repair

I've now got my brothers GPS watch so that i can track my distance and see how much more i need to do