First two runs

I went for my first two runs of the year this week. Monday i ran around 3km in 18 minutes or so. A run i have done many times before, its half of a 5k route i do from home.
It was pretty cold out I have luckily found a way to keep my face warm, I tuck a tshirt into the collar of my running top and pull the head hole up over my nose and mouth. I also wear a beanie. The tshirt keeps my neck and face warm, you do end up with a wet patch on the tshirt from your breathing but its better than having a cold face.

I bought a new helly hansen base layer from runners need which twinned with a fake long sleeved boca juniors top and a running tshirt from the 2008 nike 10k seems to be doing the job. I also wear a pair of adidas running trousers. They are quite tight and colleagues have joked I might need to warn the local neighbourhood before running through but they are not that bad. My leagues are kept warm though my bum still seems to feel cold.

I last went for a run in December when, despite stretching afterwards, my thighs and lower back seized up the next day and left me pretty stiff for a few days. That in mind I went for a run last night too and i feel pretty good today, my thighs have the slight ache of upset feelings at having to start working again.

I've just got an android phone and got the cardio trainer app which was sweet as, it used the gps on the phone to track my run, and measured distance, time speed, calories (though the 288 seemed low). Last night my official figures were:
Time: 17.12
Distance: 3.5km
Av pace: 4.45k/h
One thing I didn't know about was the male voice which gives you updates on your time and distance, quite funny having a deep male voice coming from the back pocket of my running trousers was quite funny.

It was during last night's run that I set myself the goal of doing 100 runs this year, it's just under 2 a week which allows for periods of sloth or holidays which don't afford any running. I have run on and off over the last few years, once I had used a treadmill for 20 minutes and realised how far I could run in that time, it was 4 or so clicks. I have ran two 10k races, the first I did in 53 minutes i think and the second I did in 50.01 seconds, last July.

I would like to do some more races this year, some 5 and 10k races, maybe some 15 and 20 with an eventual look at running a marathon. I hope this blog helps chart my progress, for myself if no one else, to help keep count of the runs. 2 down 98 to go