Meat substitute has its place. I personally don't have it often. Its more aimed at people that are transitioning to a non meat diet and have been used to the taste and texture of meat for so long. Also

Ha ha, yeah, don't know what I was thinking. I just thought I can probably get to 1hr 30 so why the hell not just take another five minutes off.

I'm with you on this. Unless the weather is totally crazy, I would rather be running outside. I do use my treadmill a couple times a week for recovery runs at night after a hard session in the morning

I think 8 x 1k repeats is rather impressive, I am usually knackered after 4 and struggle with the fifth one. Will be following you on strava :)

At the moment 1hr 25 is just a dream to me too, but hoping lots of hard work will make it a possible reality :)

Great stuff, keep it up. I need to do some strength workouts, I hate doing them, much rather be running, but I suppose it has to be done.

Thanks, long way to go, just gotta keep enjoying it :)

Great post. Yeah, Parkruns are great for training, especially as they are free. I usually use them as a tempo run, or now and again as a race to see where I am fitness wise. Luckily for us we have another

My target last year was to run a 5k in under 19 mins. I was running just under 21 mins at the time. The year was going great and managed to get to 19:30 at around June/July and was pretty confident of

Wow, those pictures are great, especially the old cars. You don't really get those kind of old cars here in the UK. Just read your reply above about going keto. I am doing the total opposite right now

Joined :)

Thanks, never done this kind of thing before (blogging), so will try and keep it interesting :)

Will see what I can do, thanks.

Tried it many times just before hard runs and races. Unfortunately has no effect on me, apart from giving me a dodgy stomach, haha. Even tried strong tea. I Just stick to water now, oh, and lots of sleep.

Sleep, My biggest tip would be to get plenty of sleep, I always run sooo much better. But I think you covered the rest. Great 'Friends Not Food' t-shirt by the way :)