I did it… total time of 58 minutes and 33 seconds according to Nike+. I can’t figure out how to share the run in all its graphical glory on this blog, so just click here instead if you are interested.

yes, 100, not 500, but still my first big Nike+ milestone. And no, the 100 miles was not in one go, it’s just my running total so far. The Nike+ web site has even let me print out a nice certificate.

Phew, I managed it. Well, I pretty much smashed through the 5km barrier, mainly cuz I was running in miles and knew that I needed to get around 3.1 miles.. I wasn’t quite sure how accurate that was so I ran for an extra minute to make sure. My 5km time was 31 minutes 32 seconds.. and I’m pretty please with that. Here’s the Nike+ graph of the run:

Yeah yeah I know… it was a good plan and all that buying the Nike+ trainers, iPod nano, and sports kit, but he’ll never use it you all said. Well, ner ner, I used it. A bit anyway. It’s more than one run per month anyway, so that’s got to be good value! I’ve managed three runs this week anyway and two last week so that helped get my average up. In order to make sure I keep up the training I’ve set myself some special Nike+ running goals. The first is to make sure that I keep up the running, so I must achieve 10 runs over the next 4 weeks.. 2 of those I have managed already. My second goal is to manage 3 miles per run in April – once I get this goal I’ll increase it, but my main aim is to build stamina so distance is just a byproduct. I’m running for 25 minutes a time at the moment which I’ll increase to 30 minutes in April.. hopefully that will give me the 3 mile target (The Nike+ site won’t let me put 3.1 miles in which is 5km so I will just have to beat the target!). Anyway, you can track my progess here: