Only two days to go!

Well there are just two days to go until my birthday and the start of my big challenge.
At the moment I´m on holiday in Ibiza, so I´ll be doing the first five days of running in Cala Llonga, Ibiza.
I´m sure it´s going to be hot work, but I´m planning to get up early and beat the heat. There´s always the motivation of a a nice glass of sangria and a cooling dip in the pool when I get back to keep me going.
I get back to England on June 30th and have a week off work, so plenty of chance to put in a few miles in the rain (no doubt) if my holiday puts me a little behind schedule.
So I´m hoping to do two or three miles here each day for the first five days.
I won´t be able to track my routes on MapMyRun here (because I won´t have a 3G connection on my phone), but I will plot my routes on Google Maps and hopefully get a fairly accurate distance. I´ll round it down, just to be on the safe side... I don´t want to be seen to be cheating at all, now, do I?

On the road with MapMyRun

Well I guess it wouldn't be too ideal for everyone to just take my word for it that I'm running every day, as far as I say.

So I've been having a go at using MapMyRun - an online tool for mapping and recording your runs.
I've got the MapMyRun app on my iPhone, which records my movements while I'm out and times each run so I can see my statistics when I'm done.

While I feel better and fitter with each run, being able to run further each time without stopping, it's encouraging to see the evidence on screen at the end of my runs.

The app seems fairly accurate, as far as I can tell. The same routes come out the same distance etc. Plus I haven't exactly got the funds to invest in a fancy Garmin Forerunner gadget at the moment, so I'll have to make do.

I had my first glitch after my run yesterday. As I pressed save, all sweaty and red-faced from my run in the sun, the MapMyRun app flaked out on me! It said "unable to save route" then "unable to save workout". Grr! Obviously not a fan of hot weather either.
Ah well. I did a few screen grabs to prove it anyway.

The statistics say I'm not making massive leaps in my improvement, but a little at a time is what I'm aiming for. I'm secretly hoping to magically morph into Liz McColgan by next week, but I guess feeling able to run a few metres more each time is an achievement of sorts.

This is my best run so far... don't laugh, it's really good for me. And I'm getting better all the time. Yey!