#FitnessFriday Running Further

It has been a good week all round and it has culminated in a 2 and half pound weight loss this week! So I must have done a lot of things right:

1) Diet

I have eaten some healthier things this week and reduced the rubbish to an extent. This week this has included a chicken and avocado salad with damson ketchup for a dressing:

2) Fitness

I am sticking to the quality not quantity of runs to help my body to recover! First up was parkrun on Saturday which was just sub 33:

On Monday I had a chance to have a go at the 5k route to the north of town again whilst my son was at athletics. I was really pleased with being nearly a minute faster and again at around 33 minutes:

When I went on Tuesday I intended taking it easy... Well I must have taken my foot off the throttle a little as on a much flatter route I was only a few seconds slower than on Monday:

I had a bit of rest day before getting out for my long run on Thursday. My aim is to add a mile a week until I hit half marathon distance! The plan was to run out along the old canal for 4 miles then turn around and come back. I wanted an off road run to give my joints a rest. It didn't quite work out to plan as the canal is sliced by the A590 just before 4 miles so I had a bit of a variation... there was also far too much mud:

A day off running today and I wonder what tomorrow will bring at parkrun...

3) 30 Day Abs Challenge

There have been some tough workouts on the challenge and today the plank was 100 seconds - eek! We even had 175 squats yesterday... so yes my legs don't like me too much. However I can see a great difference and my t-shirt is a lot further down my body:

Next week I will be getting out the measuring tape for a more scientific difference...