January 2019 ... here we go again!

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

15 January 2019                            20,598 steps                          60 minutes running                               weight 78.7kg

   The very hot, supremely muggy weather continues with even worse conditions forecast for the rest of the week. An early start seemed warranted, so after seeing Mrs MLCMM breakfasted and sent off with lunch packed to work, I hit the treadmill for a one-hour run before the heat became too severe. It was still hard going, but at least now I have a few recent runs completed which helped see me through. Slow and unremarkable are these runs certainly, but at this stage of proceedings I’m looking primarily for easy, base-building mileage, and it’s working well, with little muscle soreness to worry about, and which makes running on consecutive days surprisingly manageable.

   We’re fifteen days into the year and I’ve surprised myself by running on ten of them, which is a pretty good start for me. It’s early days yet, but running more frequently does seem to help keep some sort of momentum, so I’ll persist and see how we get on.

   This weather though is a killer.