Despite the picture, today was a horrible rainy, freezing cold day. Windy too. First 'long run' of my training programme - 6 miles. G joined me down on the beach - in shorts! He hasn't run for years but this didn't seem to matter at all. He ran the whole distance without any problems. We ran together for the first couple of miles then he ran off ahead. Don't blame him, I'm very slow. I don't have any proper running gear so my clothes were soaked through within minutes which wasn't very pleasant.

We did an out-and-back route from Hove to the marina and back, and on the first stretch it was kind of ok because the wind was behind us but the way back was a different story. Running against the wind is impossible - I felt like a hamster on a wheel going nowhere. Finally made it back to the beach huts; thought I was never going to get there. Kept thinking I could see G up ahead but it turned out to be a giant plastic ice-cream cone perched against the side of a cafe. Well... Visibility was terrible.

Training this week:

Mon - 3 miles
Tues - 3 miles
Weds - 3 miles
Sun - 6 miles

Total - 15 miles