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FINALLY! I went to the gym today, not even intending to do a personal best time today, just to do a good run, and things just fell into place. About halfway through I saw that my target was within reach, and I stuck in there and pushed myself just a little bit harder, and I did it, with seconds (8 seconds, to be exact) to spare. I am really really happy with this; I’m running at a pace that a year ago I did not seriously think I would ever attain. I’m very proud of myself.

A tip for anyone reading this: hill training. I think that the reason I was able to achieve this goal so quickly and re-setting my mind to it was that I was doing two hill runs a week – they are hard, but they’ve worked better than just about anything for me in terms of increasing speed.

I think that I may be able to do this this summer – it looks like I don’t need a visa in advance, and flights from the UK are quite cheap, so I really don’t have an excuse not to. I’m going to try to get to Turkey this August.

I let my running lapse for a long time (more than a month), and lost all of the time that I’d gained. Bah to my lack of drive and self-discipline. Anyway, I re-started my training a week ago, and I’m just over a minute away from my target time. I’m travelling in a few weeks and probably won’t do any running while I’m away, so I’m going to push and see if I can knock off that extra minute before I leave.