Not Nineteen Forever

From the title of this post some of your may be able to work that I am a big fan of The Courteeners. The Courteeners are a Manchester band from Middleton and formed in 2006. I can't quite remember how I discovered them but I remember going to see them in Preston @ 53 Degrees in 2008. Their tracks are always on my playlist when I am running and 'Not Nineteen Forever' is perhaps one of their better known songs entering the charts at number 19 on 31 March 2008 from their début album St Jude:




I was looking forward to today's run and went out in the sunshine this afternoon. I headed over to my local park, which is currently being regenerated due to a successful lottery bid. The regeneration works have caused some controversy because it involves removing some of the trees so parts of the park are currently fenced off making it a bit more challenging to run round but it is used for a monthly women's 5k.

Today's run was the longest so far 45 mins that included a 5 min warm up walk and 8 sets of run 2 mins walk 3 mins, this is probably what I will do on race day but without the warm up walk. It felt a bit hard at first probably I was going a bit too quickly but as the run progressed I settled into a rhythm and finished strong. These are today's stats:


 
I have also had some good news about my press release - the Manchester Evening News are sending a photographer round on Tuesday to photograph me running. Fingers crossed it will get published and help to raise awareness and money for Target Ovarian Cancer.

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