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The one with a dead badger..

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Missed a run this week, which always puts me off kilter as I then try to fit it in which means overlapping a gym day. I didn't manage it though so was fairly glum with myself when it came time to run tonight, I wanted to do a long run as I really have fallen off the long running wagon of late and would like to start building it up again but come 8pm it was still 20c and I found the demons trying there damnedest to stop me going.

But on went the new decathlon running grundies (bit neat - more like a cycling short) maybe order a size up, on went the visor and on went the fanny pack with phone for emergency breakdown cover. I so often run with no phone but really need to break the habit, even if it means running with the pack.. looking bit of a fanny as we used to say as kids in Scotland many moons ago :)

I checked out the shoe carousel and selected the cloud flyers as the tool of choice for tonight, and with music on, off I plodded.

I tried to keep it easy, very conscious of the heat, but the first 1k came in at 5:50, I have decided that trying to run at a slower pace(6:30) to help me go longer just isn't working for me at the moment and I just need to accept a new gear and get on with it. The second click came in at 5:40, so we were off.. despite the heat, I had got a whiff of a goal.

At 4k that whiff turned into the fetid stench of a long reposed badger, who I couldn't even begin to pretend was just sleeping off the night before as his ribs were showing and he had a big stink on, so gagging I ran past faster on my way to st ives. I am yet to meet a man with seven wives on the way to st ives, but if I did I probably would not have had the time to admire his seven cats as I was on a mission, so turned after the bridge over the ouse and started back. Again I found pace past the glorious dead, and did my best to not breathe too much on the way through, but now I was flagging a little with so far to go. So correct my form and slow just a tad I tried and was glad that my visor was absorbing the worst of the sweat on my brow.

Come 9k it was now clear this was something worth the effort and I just had to hold it together across the line, and cross it I did with such a sweet time. I had not known how much I wanted to run 10k in under an hour, but I feel very proud of myself now for having achieved it. I can now resume plodding around again for a while :) Probably best taking it easy as garmin said the heart rate hit 201 and I had tried very hard, shame it still thinks my VO2 max is so sucky, but I didn't even know my heart went that high!

p.s. the decathlon grundies worked well. Despite not having much room to manoeuvre, they kept things a bit cooler and drier than the traditional cotton shorts.

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OutofpuffGraduate10

👏

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Tasha99Graduate10

Well done! A fab time 💪🏽

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pinkaardvarkGraduate10 in reply toTasha99

thx tasha :)

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Sandraj39Graduate10

Great post! Sounds like a fab run - despite the heat and decomposing badger! Super time too. Well done!🙂

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Decker

Well under 1hr! I am still working towards this one. Nice work! 👏

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Millsie-J

Great run Pink!

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate10

Very well done:)

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SarakcGraduate10

Very well done!! Shoe carousel made me laugh!! That’s my next target 10k under an hour! 😀🏃‍♂️👍

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Fionn42

Well done, despite the liquid wildlife! Why is it that once you’ve smelled that awful honk, you just can’t quite stop snelling it all day - yeugh! 🤢

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tony_aGraduate10

Great time and it that’s a photo from your run it looks brilliant. Clearly having a shoe carousel is the way forward

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pinkaardvarkGraduate10 in reply totony_a

Pic is of one of the lakes on my route but wasn't taken by me. It's had quite a bit of processing too but is a lovely shot and my run was into the dying sun and then with it at my back on the closing section

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tony_aGraduate10 in reply topinkaardvark

Looks like a great route.

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Razouski

Wow, what a fantstatic run (apart from the fetid decomposing badger). Brilliant time and an entertaining post. Love the oversharing about your decathlon grundies. 😂😂😂

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pinkaardvarkGraduate10 in reply toRazouski

Hehe.. Thanks, and some people did ask about them in my sweaty pants thread so was just reporting back. I love a field test 😅

in reply topinkaardvark

Glad the granny knickers worked for you!

Respect! And RIP Brock

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SW16Graduate10

If I had as many shoes as you, it would take me about an hour to choose! 😂 Great time- congrats!

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Tbae

Brillant post and a Brillant time.🌟

I was told it is much quieter in the big class.🤔😂😂

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pinkaardvarkGraduate10 in reply toTbae

Hehe. Yes I do try and keep the place ticking over 😅

in reply toTbae

Haha

First read that as had a whiff of a goat! Well done, cracking pace as always. Gorgeous pic too. I bet youve got nearly as many lenses as you have shoes. As for the badger, in the West country they discard them on roads and paths after badger baiting, or so I was told by a local.

Fab post. My cloudflyers have been picking up stones lately.

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pinkaardvarkGraduate10 in reply to

Pic wasn't mine. No photography is not my thing. Mine annoyingly pick up large gravel too which means I sometimes have to stop to pick it out as otherwise it digs into the foot 🙁

in reply topinkaardvark

Yesterday’s Clouds (not Cloudflyers) had a twig wedged in when I got home.

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ju-ju-Graduate10

Well done.... and still haven’t seen the sports wardrobe pic ?

Great post pink and fab time!

As an old 10k graduate that fell of the 10k running wagon after a visit to the IC im hoping that I shall eventually get back to running further. At the moment I’m pleased just to get under 40mins for 5k.

However I do think that being 60 I shall probably not go any further than 10k.

Anyhoo pink your post was great and your carousel of shoes made me chuckle🤣🤣

Happy running!

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pinkaardvarkGraduate10 in reply to

I am convinced that the best endurance runners are ladies of a certain age. A lot of it is about pacing and not racing off like a hare at the start, so please don't set yourself limits as I'm sure your real limits are boundless 🏃‍♂️

in reply topinkaardvark

Ahh thanks pink for those kind words. Your right about the pacing though. In the past I have raced off like a hare and not got far without becoming knackered,but now my pace is better and I get a bit further.

I have great ideas in my head of doing half marathons etc and when I watch other runners on the tv sometimes,my imagination begins to become dorky with pictures of me running like them boundlessly over the fields and country lanes,through the farm tracks, up hill and down dale laa! laa! laa! you get the picture pink don’t you🏃‍♀️🤪🤪🤯 and then I return to reality and go and make a cup of tea and ponder on where to run next hee! hee!

Anyhoo pink happy running😀😀

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pinkaardvarkGraduate10 in reply to

Oh I think we all have those little daydreams 😉

in reply topinkaardvark

Yes I do believe we do........😏😏x

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