Ooh hard day today, my friend Fi told me week 5 in the running programme was a bit of a killer... I knew this was my biggest challenge to date and I prepared my head for days to get through this and conquer it, and I did! WOW...

Todays programme was 5 mins brisk walking warm-up, 8 mins running, 5 mins walking and 8 mins running, then 5 mins walk to cool down. I did things a bit differently to do an hours exercise, I walked for 15 mins before I started the programme at 5km/hr, I then walked 5 mins, then ran 8 mins at that same speed, walked the 5 mins at 5km, then started to run the second 8 mins at the 5km but felt my legs start to buckle and I found it difficult to keep the pace, so rather than give up I reduced the speed to 4.6 and kept going. It was more important to me to complete this than it was to try and be fast, but give up. So I am really pleased that doing that meant I completed the run. I then walked again for the 5 mins to complete the programme. I finished off with 15 more minutes of walking to complete the hour :)

I have such a sense of achievement, and as I sit here and write this I can still feel a satisfying burn in my thighs...

So with my sense of achievement I delved into the forgotten realm of the back of my wardrobe and pulled out a pair of summer jeans that I used to LOVE, but haven't been able to wear - and they fit!!! I was so excited!! YAY!! BRING IT ON!!!

K