It’s true what ‘they’ say... your mind gives you more hurdles than your body does. This morning was my first ever 8k run and after quite a heavy weekend I was a bit anxious about it. We had a public holiday on Friday, my daughter finished her exams and had her prom and then Fathers Day ... lots of celebrating and maybe more than 1 glass of wine 😆.
So I donned my shorts, attached the wires to my phone, selected the playlist, switched on Strava, checked I had the correct setting on the Fitbit ... and eventually left the house.
And I just ran. One foot in front of the other, reminding myself to slow down as I now realise that even 5km is quite a long way, and enjoyed the music and (relatively) cool weather.
Singapore is a very fit nation and wherever you go there are always families walking, people of all ages running and older couples walking and exercising as they go. The locals will stand and stretch, do yoga etc in the park. And they smile encouragement as I plod past, looking hot and sweaty.
My spacial awareness is even worse than my tech ability and I thought that 2 circuits of the park, and the journey there and back would be about 8km... but I was wrong. I also appear to have no sense of time! By the time I reached the end of my run I had managed 8.82km in 1 hour and 8minutes. Including the warm up walk at the beginning and the end (I live half way up a hill so warm up and down walking up it) I managed 9.6km in 1hr 15minutes. This is the longest I have ever run for and I am proud of myself.
Thank you to all of you who post and encourage. Without your questions and collective wisdom there is no way I would have ever believed that I could do this!
13k complete today! My longest run yet
My longest run yet!
Longest ever run, beautiful morning!
My longest run
