It was an early start for our training session today, but having just started a group on the Couch to 5k programme they wanted to keep the momentum going and decided on getting out early before work. So at 7 am Gill and Darshini met at Memorial Park. Darshini was surprised how quiet the park was, but ideal for us to do some uninterrupted stretching, before hooking up with Sarah Millican to talk us through our walk/run intervals. We managed to chat about all sorts of things, including running with "luggage" and how to keep distracted from the running gremlins. We even managed to get to Kidney Wood, which provided some much needed shade as the sun started to rise. And a distraction from how ghastly I look first thing in the morning. We clocked in on WhatsApp with the rest of the C25K group - who are hoping to complete the run later today and gave us lots of cheers.

It was a really fun start to the week and we're determined to get out again early on Wednesday.

Well done Darshini, you were brilliant.