Second 10k!

[Wizziewood]

Phew .... 10k is still a very long way!

Completed Ju-ju's 10 is a Magic Number this morning with my second 10k ... thank goodness my first 10k a few weeks ago wasn't a fluke!

It was a good morning for a run, overcast, gentle breeze and 18 degrees. I chose the same route as my first 10k. Only one road to cross at a pedestrian crossing so no problem there, canal path, promenade park and a short distance of road/pavement. Plenty of variety to stop me getting bored ... at my speed I'm running for a long time!

Looking forward to some runs next week while we're away in Norfolk ... should be able to find some flat routes!

Thank you Ju-ju for your excellent plan, I intend to repeat it again soon. I'll do my own thing for a couple of weeks but I know I'll want to get back to some structure before long.

Good luck to any of you just starting out on Ju-ju's plan, stick with it, you'll soon be running 10k!

Happy running everyone!

[MikeJones68 Graduate10]

Nice work. I just got back from my second 10k too!

[Wizziewood Graduate10 in reply to MikeJones68]

Brilliant! ... well done you!

[Ripcurlrana71 Graduate10]

Fabulous!! 😊

[Wizziewood Graduate10 in reply to Ripcurlrana71]

Thanks!

[Tbae]

Great work and very well done.

Enjoy your holiday running.

[Wizziewood Graduate10 in reply to Tbae]

Thank you.

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate10]

Well done Wizziewood...✋👍👏yes its a looong way! Have a great holiday😎, you have earned a few rest days! xx

(I take a week off after a 10k😉)

[Wizziewood Graduate10 in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

Thanks.

Good advice about taking a week off.

I'm not running again till Parkrun on Saturday and then probably won't run again until Tuesday or Wednesday so will be having extra rest days.

[Sarakc Graduate10]

Very well done!!

Enjoy your holiday!! 😀🏃‍♀️👍👏

[Wizziewood Graduate10 in reply to Sarakc]

Thanks

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10]

Fantastic Wizziewood , just what I needed to hear....what a fantastic achievement....10k, who’d have thought it?! Amazing....inspirational & totally doable x

[Wizziewood Graduate10 in reply to Mummycav]

Thanks Mummycav.

If I can do it you definitely can!

Keep smiling and keep running ... good luck!

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Wizziewood]

W2 starting tomorrow 😬

[Wizziewood Graduate10 in reply to Mummycav]

Go for it!

[Hidden]

Yay! Well done!!! I'm always shocked at how far even 1k is. I seem to run forever between the 1k buzzes on my watch. On the other hand, once you get past the toxic whatever time it is for you (20+ minutes for me), it does feel as if you could keep going forever x

[Wizziewood Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks Flick.

I know exactly what you mean. At the end of 1k I think blimey, I'm never going to run another 9k but somehow I plod on and after another hour plus I've done it!

... and as for the 'toxic 10' like you it seems to go on much longer!

Anyway, a few rest days now. I'm watching the Queens tennis this afternoon, I'm sure I can call that my rest day activity today!

[Hidden]

I think Ive got to the stage where I know I will keep going, or that I can do the run, even if I feel like poo at the start - but it is a shock when you do what feels like a massively long run and then find it was only 6/7k. I want to push past my longest so far, which is 11k, but it’s finding places to run here that go beyond 10k but are less than 20k. I suppose I should run half the distance outward bound, then retrace my steps, but I hate doing that.

Ah, the tennis! I hope you have a tub of ice cream to accompany your “activity” 🍧🍦😈

[ju-ju- Graduate10]

Huge well done to you, and thankyou so much, I am so glad you liked the plan

[Wizziewood Graduate10 in reply to ju-ju-]

Thanks!

I'm intending to repeat the plan again in a couple of weeks so hopefully I'll be running 10k number 3 before long!

[Langley-Loper Graduate10]

Well done. You are firmly in the 10k club now. There's no escape...

[Wizziewood Graduate10 in reply to Langley-Loper]

Thank you!

I still find it hard to believe that I can run at all so am amazed I can plod away for 10k now!

Very well done on your HM ... a fantastic achievement!