I have always, always  always hated running and there’s one basic reason why I feel this way – it hurts. For this reason I have wanted to take up running for some years, just to prove to myself that I can. Now finally I’m committed to my cause. If you followed my timswim blog last autumn you’ll know that I like to have a target and I like to record my progress so it won’t come as a surprise to know that I’m going to set myself a running target and, of course, I’ll be recording how I am getting on here. At the moment the target is a little vague but I have an idea to run in a race (I won’t actually be racing) called the “Tavy 7″ in early November. It’s a seven mile (11.2 kilometre) run based in Tavistock, just north of Plymouth. I’ll also probably try and slot in a shorter race some time in October. [What an absolutely joke that last couple of sentences is - my running ground to a halt once term-time started, not helped by getting a bad cold and getting out of the habit. I've hardly even been swimming either. All very depressing - MUST DO BETTER.]

Down below you can see how far I have run and when. To start off with I am running on a treadmill at the gym so my distances are pretty exact. Each # symbol below represents 0.4km and the numbers at the end of each row are the total run distance in kilometres.

07/12: [I am only keeping this going so that I feel guilty]
06/12:
05/12:
04/12:
03/12:
02/12:
01/12:

30/11:
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11/11:
10/11:
09/11:
08/11:
07/11:
06/11: [went for a swim]
05/11:
04/11:
03/11:
02/11:
01/11:

31/10:
30/10:
29/10:
28/10:
27/10:
26/10:
25/10:
24/10:
23/10: [went for a swim - it's a start]
22/10:
21/10:
20/10:
19/10:
18/10:
17/10:
16/10:
15/10:
14/10:
13/10:
12/10:
11/10:
10/10:
09/10:
08/10:
07/10: [gaining strength now...]
06/10:
05/10: [still not exactly well]
04/10:
03/10:
02/10: [a bit better]
01/10:

30/09: [feeling very ill now - it could be swine flu!]
29/09:
28/09: [feeling quite ill at the moment]
27/09:
26/09:
25/09:
24/09:
23/09:
22/09:
21/09:
20/09:
19/09:
18/09: [went for a swim]
17/09:
16/09:
15/09:
14/09:
13/09: ########### 4.4
12/09:
11/09:
10/09:
09/09:
08/09:
07/09:
06/09: ######## 3.2
05/09:
04/09: [yikes... it's been far too long]
03/09:
02/09:
01/09:

31/08:
30/08:
29/08:
28/08:
27/08:
26/08:
25/08:
24/08:
23/08:
22/08:
21/08:
20/08:
19/08:
18/08:
17/08: ############# 5.2
16/08:
15/08:
14/08:
13/08:
12/08: ############ 4.8
11/08: ############ 4.8
10/08:
09/08:
08/08: ############ 4.8
07/08:
06/08:
05/08:
04/08:
03/08:
02/08: ########### 4.4
01/08: ########## 4.0

31/07:
30/07:
29/07:
28/07:
27/07:
26/07: ######## 3.2