Today was the day, woke up to slightly less promising weather than I had hoped for , rain, sleet and a cold biting wind.
The plan was to do the run by the river cam in Cambridge but due to the weather decided to run by the guided bus way from St Ives out and back.
So off I went gloves hat and jacket today and of course my obligatory tights you know me any excuse to wear them . Slowly the km's clicked over , the path is more undulating than I would have liked but nothing I couldn't deal with after all this run has been a year in the making .
Finally 5k came and time to turn around and head back , could it really be this simple and dare I say easy, the rain and sleet came and went ,hands starting to finally warm , unzipped my jacket and carried on running 6k, 7k and so on , some of the inclines up and down taking a toll on the legs and almost felt like I was walking but wasn't and I didn't I ran it al !!
9k OMG I am going to do it finally finally 10k would be mine , did I care about the time , ok I did but the distance was the goal... that last 1k went by so quickly in my head I could see my finish line and dug deeper and pushed on to finally hear runkeeper so those magic words 10 kilometres what a relief I knew it was in me and finally I did it , 6.2 bloomimg wonderful miles in 1 hour 6 mins ..
You can see my splits , I am more than happy and really very proud of myself for being so determined and persevering.
My journey continues , so to finish up, to anyone who has doubts or thinks I can't do this or feels like giving up , don't the rewards are out there waiting you , you just have to take those 1st steps and keep going
To my virtual running family here , just look at me 10K !!!!! And of course thank you to each and everyone of you for being there and sticking with me for every single one of the steps that got me here
Oh Rob! Amaze balls indeed! You did it! And what a time too!!! I'm so, so pleased for you - brought a big smile to my face. Your determination and focus got you there in the end. I always knew you would. Whoop whoop! You running machine you! Have a fab weekend. x
Yay Rob! You did it! And in style - so pleased for you. Sounds like a dream of a run and look at that time! All that hard work does pay off! Bet that smile will last for days☺! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Thanks goon I do feel very good , it will be one of many as I progress on .. a few at work have mention the 2 letters HM but that is a long way off for now get to about 12 or 13 then try and work on my speed
I admit to 'sticking' at 10k for months and months. I really do think it helped to build the strength and stamina in the legs though. No point in rushing things!
10 k in just over an hour, that's really awesome 👍I'm looking at all these runners who went through the Laura program and have such admiration for you all. Really inspirational for a new graduate. Maybe I'll do that some day!
Many many congratulations not_so_slow_rob, this is absolutely brilliant news. So pleased for you. You deserve this success for all your dedication and effort, and for fighting your way back from injury. A great achievement in a very very nice time indeed. Well done Sweetie xx
Fantastic! I remember when you were having doubts about getting to 10K - you did it! I'm off on my 2nd "working towards 10K" run now (6K), wish me luck! Congratulations again.
My target pace for longer runs is always about 7min/km .
I was more than surprised to see all the splits under that
The only thing I have done apart from a gradual build up is to repeat that longer run 3 weeks running , then have a cut back or recovery week with shorter runs before moving onto the next longer run , then repeating , it seems to have worked for me ,
I will do the same at 10k before having a recovery week again then up the distance again .
I want to be able to run say 12 -13k as this will give me the stamina and endurance then start working on the speed
Interested to know how often you are running at the moment? I'm only doing 1 run/week see, but from next week on I'm going to try doing at least 2 runs a week.
Only just dared to look at the Bridge to 10K site.. I am in awe.. well done you, it sounds to have been an amazing run.. maybe one day.. I may even think about it!!!
All going good thanks. Like you, I'm working on stamina and endurance.. Well trying anyway. Tapering now in readiness for the Bath HM this weekend. I'm still not fast, but as long as I cross the line and enjoy it then that's the main thing!
That's just brilliant, congratulations, you must be so chuffed! What a great time too! You must try that route though one of these days, it's gorgeous.
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you know me any excuse to wear them . Slowly the km's clicked over , the path is more undulating than I would have liked but nothing I couldn't deal with 
Finally managed 5k in under 30
Finally enticed to the dark side!!
Hi I finally came over!
Am I finally a runner🤔
Finally back on the paths….
