Gym with Spock again. I think I've nearly convinced her to join. We'll see. It was quite empty and - finally - the air-conditioning is fixed. Thank the bleedin' Lord.

15 x mins cross-trainer
2 x mile run (20 mins 46 secs. I am going to break 20 mins within the next week if it kills me)
I wonder if it's because I have 57 year old lungs that I breathe so heavily when I run.
30 x mins weights
20 x mins powerplate

(I read something on the - I think it was Nike - website, about running 10k races. It was an article for beginners and I can't remember it verbatim but it was something along the lines of 'most new or slower runners should expect to finish in around 45 - 55 minutes'. I know I should just ignore things like that, but I can't help but feel a little deflated when I read them as that still feels completely unachievable at the moment. I mean, I don't even care about being good. But I would at least like to be average one day. Still, Gaz and I now have not one but FOUR races booked in for the next few months. The Littlehampton 10k in September, Nike Run London 10k in Hyde Park in October and the Run Hove 5 miler and the Brooks Brighton 10k in November. Plus the torturous cactus infested mountain trail run or whatever it is that I might be doing in Texas. Nice.

G rang this morning to report his best 5k time to date last night (we must have just missed each other on the beach) - 22 mins exactly. He is definitely starting to take it really seriously which is amusing after his months of warning me not to become 'obsessed'. He used to be a serious athlete in his teens but girls and booze took their toll. So now he's making up for lost time.