I pulled all the data out of my running diary, to see how I've progressed over the year - and I have to say, I'm delighted with the results. The times over 10km* dropped consistently over the year - and in fact, since I started on the asthma inhalers, they're dropping even faster. I did a 10km training run tonight which (unofficially, of course) was an out-of-competition personal best by over 30 seconds. On the right course, on the right day, I'm starting to think I might even be capable of a time beginning with a 3. Hooray for (legal) steroids!

And so to 2007. So far, I'm only entered for one event - namely, the Reading Half Marathon at the end of March. I might try to squeeze in a 10k before then; and there's a 10k in aid of Asthma UK the week after, which I kind of feel obliged to enter now. After that? No idea. All depends what happens in Reading. If I don't get a time I'm happy with, or if I get a time I'm very happy with, I'll probably be looking out for another half somewhere (although they do dry up immediately after London Marathon).

* I suppose I should note that the 10km measurements were guesses until late June, when I got hold of the iPod thingy. And the iPod's timing was a bit dubious until a November software update. But I think the comparisons still stand up.