5 miles!!!

[pollyp1]

8.04k in new money.

It was a terrible time - the first 5k was longer than the first time I ran 5k (!) but there were a lot more hills and a lot more wind and I can touch 10k. After which I'm going back and building to to consistently running three times a week again.

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

Well done - old or new money, that's a good distance! 🙂

[pollyp1 Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

Pretty chuffed!

[JaySeeSkinny Graduate10]

8 km is a good distance. Within striking distance of 10k and it looks a long way on a map!

[pollyp1 Graduate10 in reply to JaySeeSkinny]

Oh, it does. And, to be fair, it is!

[Millsie-J]

Brilliant run, tough out there today too! 10k awaits you🏃🏼‍♀️😃

[pollyp1 Graduate10 in reply to Millsie-J]

Thank you. (and you would know exactly how tough it was out there today...)

[Irishprincess Graduate10]

"It was a terrible time". Haha! Sounds like the beginning of a Dickens novel ☹️ Non-runners would think we hated this running thing the way we sometimes talk 😏

Well done to you polly. Five miles is a long way to run however you look at it.

[pollyp1 Graduate10 in reply to Irishprincess]

Lol... I actually meant the time I took to run it but I was so wired I couldn't think straight!

Also, thanks!

[pollyp1 Graduate10 in reply to Irishprincess]

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...

[OldPossum]

Hills & wind 😱 - time is irrelevant in my book. Sounds very close to 10k to me 😀

[pollyp1 Graduate10 in reply to OldPossum]

Thanks - you and me both!

ps: 4 stone in a year - amazing.

[Hidden]

Well done! 10k is within grasp now. Keep plodding and you will get there with no problem, just one more mile. Slow and steady is the way to go.

[pollyp1 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

You're right! It is just one more mile (hadn't thought of that, doh!). Thanks!

[Biscuit0107 Graduate10]

Well done! So close to 10k 😀

[pollyp1 Graduate10 in reply to Biscuit0107]

Thank you - it's exciting!

[Anniemurph Graduate10]

Well done! It's odd, but 5 miles sounds so much more than 8k! Slow and steady and you will get there, no problem

[pollyp1 Graduate10 in reply to Anniemurph]

Thanks. It does, doesn't it!

[Irish-John Graduate10]

You are now a "Long Distance Runner" having done the distance specified in the book of that title! Congratulations

[pollyp1 Graduate10 in reply to Irish-John]

Thanks. Always meant to read that!

[Irish-John Graduate10 in reply to pollyp1]

the movie is a total downer but I was surprised at how much I liked the book

[pollyp1 Graduate10 in reply to Irish-John]

Cool. Looking for something to read after I finish Slade House (David Mitchell - he wrote The Bone Clocks, which I thought was wonderful [if you like dystopian future stuff, and I''m not usually a big fan]).