Been a tough few days for people I care about and I am so amazed by how brave they have been in their loss. Life is so fragile and it's a privilege to be in it. 

Today my daughter is back at school, so in an attempt to get back into a routine I was up at 6.40am and off and running by 7. Today was another biggie... I had a 5 min warm-up at 4.8km/hr, up from 4.6 last week - the goal is to keep increasing the speed each week. I then had to run for 25 minutes - OMG, I wasn't ready for that... I thought it would be like the last 2 weeks where it built up to the long run on the 3rd day of the training week, but no, we were right into it! I seems daunting, but once I get into a rhythm it isn't that bad. The last minutes are tiring and I find it important to talk to myself to keep going, I say things in my head like reaffirming my goals, picturing how I'll feel at the end of it, all this occupies my mind as the seconds and minutes tick down. 

I check in occasionally on my pulse while I'm running and it seems to sit regularly at 165 - 171 beats. If I remember rightly the optimal range for fat burning is around 155 to 165.. so I am confident I'm feeling the burn... lol

I have a few challenges in the days to follow, so I will need to strategise how to deal with those, but thats what this is all about, making changes to my lifestyle so I have better health :)

K