Almost a month to go now

First of all,

THANK YOU ANDREA GLEN & SARAH FOR THE DONATION!
Very Generous niece, bro & sis-in-law you!

Now for what goes one beneath my feet.

Last evening run proved to me one thing, keep on training.

This is what me and me mates did and i think it hurt me more than it hurt them!



This needs to be more often and more regular.

I got a new gadget now, the Garmin Forerunner 305, which I didn't have the time to learn and read the manual so I just pressed a button and hoped for the best, it looks like it worked.

Had a bit of a bad week for training at the start of February due to illness and general fatigue, run out of excuses now!

Charity wise, £110 quid.

KEEP THEM COMING, TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS!

Better get the show on the road

Christmas came and went, with a bit of snow here and a bit of too much food there, training was not always the first priority.

Still my stamina and ability is on the increase, last run was quite an enjoyable one and I'm looking forward for the next one.

Let's mention the charity I support, Everyman, which fights testicular and prostate cancer. Everyman is a campaign that was launched by The Institute of Cancer Research in 1997. This is their website and you can find much more about them than I can write here. [http://everyman-campaign.org/About_Everyman]

The reasons I support Everyman comes from my dad's little misadventure with the illness, he was lucky enough to fight a clean fight. He is a very active young grand dad and I wish I was as athletic and strong as he is.
Fighting the illness was a battle for him and for many people.

This however is a war, so charities like Everyman and the Cancer Research Institute fight the war.

Me and many other runners out there combine our personal enjoyment with the chance of making some extra money and raise awareness for these charities but you who donate are the ones Everyman must thank, I just tag along two things and sweat about it only when I run!

It makes me feel good and look good and that's the most important thing.

Reading Half Marathon Training - Week 1

This is the last few runs I did with my mind set to do at least 3 runs a week.

Not strictly strict training yet, just getting back into a 5k comfy zone. More miles stones to be set but only after 2 weeks of this stuff.

Let's not forget the cause and the fund raising:
http://www.justgiving.com/lvenediktou/

Please go DONATE and make me LOOK BETTER!

So so far I enjoyed every mile of running, the cold weather is not deterring me at all but I am very careful to not get sick, after all the more you run the more your immune system is boosted so it should be one helping the other.

The other trick is to keep my nose clean, literally, as I don't want to kick off my sinuses again. Air circulating through the nose does the trick!

My main problem is that the battery is not lasting for more than 45 minutes on my mobile phone where I track the run with it's GPS and smart runner...
I think I should have ask a Garmin watch from sanity clause, but it's OK, I can buy one when I start a proper training regime.

Also today we had heavy snow, so where the heck does one go for a run? Hope it melts away by Monday.

Anyway, here is the progress of this week, count an octopush session on Thursday evening and I consider this to be a well trained one...

A mild run around Palmer Park:


A nice long run around the university area:


A short fast passed run in the well lit part of the uni, to see where we run so no ice trip us:


Finally, here is my total run hours and mileage since March 2010.
262 km for 25 h 40 min
Yup, I could've done better than that. I need to do better than that!