Slow but gloriously formed 5k in the autumn sun

[pollyp1]

...for me and anyone who wanted to come with.

Still not caught you up Oldfloss 😉 but, go me, I added in another (small) hill (well, slope really).

[SC1472 Graduate10]

In my humble opinion it was probably a mountain!! Glad you enjoyed it.

[pollyp1 Graduate10 in reply to SC1472]

Haha! No, it really was just a steep slope! (any longer and it would've been a mountain tho!!).

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10]

Fabulous...and a ‘slope’ too??!! Phew...that’s making me sweat just thinking about it!!!

[pollyp1 Graduate10 in reply to Mummycav]

Loads of slopes!! (nothing but, around here) this was a new one tho! They do get easier, honest!

[Sandyscroll Graduate10]

I remember when I used to avoid two tiny 'hills' holding hands in the canal towpath. It was probably less than 20 paces long in total, and maybe 5ft elevation. Every week I'd make sure I only went over the 'hills' during one of the walking intervals. Then one day, I arrived at W5R3, and my tiny circuit of relatively flat towpath was less than a 15 minute run. I had no choice. I had to face them. I was terrified I would be defeated, but I just took it slowly and it wasn't too bad.

After that I decided if I wanted to stop running round in tiny towpath circles, I'd need to tackle some hills. Just a little bit extra at a time. I'm still practising hills, but 400ft is much less scary now than those 2 little hills.

So many of us look back on our journey and are amazed at how far we've come. Your post made me remember those 2 little hills. Thank you. 😊

Keep hitting those slopes! ☺️👏👏

[pollyp1 Graduate10 in reply to Sandyscroll]

My pleasure. I remember thinking of tiny rises in the pavements with dread (16 months ago)! I still haven't run from my house at the bottom of a hill to the top (my final 'slope', round here anyway) - at the moment it's my warm up walk but I've been thinking about going in a different direction to warm up and then giving it a go. We shall see.

[Sandyscroll Graduate10 in reply to pollyp1]

Do it!! If you don't surprise yourself and do it all first time, you can work towards doing it all bit by bit. You can do this!!

[Since when did I start getting excited over running up hills? 🤔]

[pollyp1 Graduate10 in reply to Sandyscroll]

Did it the next day! It was surprisingly easy! (but only 82 foot elevation...)

[Sandyscroll Graduate10 in reply to pollyp1]

82ft is a brilliant! I'd have been utterly crushed at the thought of 82ft at the start! Go you!!!

[pollyp1 Graduate10 in reply to Sandyscroll]

So would I have, which is why I only did it last week (18 months later)! Upwards!!

[Irishprincess Graduate10]

Sounds gorgeous Polly. Gloriously formed running is just the best 🙂

[pollyp1 Graduate10 in reply to Irishprincess]

It is indeed 😍

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10]

Anything more than flat counts as hill where I am concerned.... go you!!

[pollyp1 Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Funnily enough I always assumed you had hills! They are quite steep but the longest is only 82 ft elevation (yes, I mappdmyrunit!). They are definitely getting easier.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to pollyp1]

I do... everywhere! Even where it is supposed to be flat!

[pollyp1 Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

It's like that round here. But not so pretty, I suspect.