Someone once said less is more. Never a truer word than this run.
At work till early evening yesterday, late tea, poor hydration, bad sleep, only one rest day since a 5k.
Result: heavy legs, gremlins-a-go-go. Just glad when it was halfway through and I had that psychological boost of “bringing it home”.
20 mins to run 2.5k is faster than my 5k pace. Not checked back splits yet but I think I did that fairly quickly for me. Relieved it wasn’t longer after all the questioning over the weekend! Cooler but humid.
Run fuelled by Jancanrun’s new Ska and Two Tone playlist, which has my legs doing some remarkably un-run movements. Not a playlist for gait analysis!
Took Sirens Hill to “Too much too young” by The Specials. Halfway up and Terry Hall was saying over and over “you’ve done too much”, and I was agreeing. (Random thought: how different the band would’ve been with Jerry Hall.)
Today’s photo is my inner animal, bestowed upon me by my dear running friend Sutsha. I’ve found the least aggressive picture of a polar bear I could - he’s doing the Madness shuffle whilst moon stomping and winking to the lay-deez.
My run today is dedicated to her as she has an operation and won’t be running for a while - recover well. We’re all thinking of you.
Whatever run you have next, enjoy it x
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Well done on the run Jay, you're new journey has begun!! I am sure the same determination that saw you conquer C25K will once again be the factor of your success in B210K. Look forward to sharing another journey with you running buddy
Pace: no, not really at all. Average was 08:08/k which is a few second a k faster than I do a 5k. I’ve not done a slower first k this month but my second k was good.
Humidity was the issue, I think - 93%. I was sweating buckets coming up Sirens Hill and that usually happens when I get back inside the house after the run.
Those gremlins definitely feed on the sunshine! I stopped yesterday with 400m to go because they told me I was too slow and it was pointless 😔 Really well done for fighting through it xx
I wish I was only as “slow and pointless” as you are, Marie! Nasty gremlins.
I really nearly gave up in the first 5 minutes. It all felt wrong.
I’ve had that so many times now, though, that I tune out and into the music instead. That’s when the knees started going in directions I wasn’t expecting mid-stride! Muscle memory circa 1981.
Haha! That's a wonderful mental picture 😂 I don't get them very often - only really when I get pace obsessed. I much prefer just running for the fun of it! Unfortunate I have to do the whole "timed run" thing really but like my boyfriend said when I'm actually doing it I won't give up - mainly because I won't want to have to do it again! 😜
Thanks. That “bringing it home” sums up the last roughly 23 mins of my 5k!!! 😳🤣
Post it note with the programme stuck on my C25K printed chart on my fridge, helping me avoid “fridge pickers’ big knickers”. And the runs all written into my diary to try to work around my work life.
As the Chinese say, "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step"... and you've just made that step (actually quite a few steps today, to be fair!).
Well done Jay, sounds like you're all set to work your way through that plan, like a fearsome polar bear on a mission
I see you've left for big school jay 😊 oh goodness all have moved on....I'm bit slow moving on but tonight's my moving day too. I'm going to try ju ju's plan 😁see you shortly 🤗
You are on your way now Jay, anyone who combines the words run and hill in the same sentence has my deepest admiration, go get em tiger (or polar bear as the case maybe)
I think Dexy5 has introduced me to you as her insignificant other …… I have started the Bridge this week too, so we're both out of step together! I'm going to post on my own account after I've completed week 1, but thought I should share with you anyway. Run 1 was Saturday's Parkrun, a slightly over par 25' 09" for the 5k, then back to jog in with Dexy on her 37' 30" ish PB.
Run 2, yesterday, was the 2.5k (theoretically). I ran the first k with Dexy in just under 7' (her PB, too quick, my fault, had a Strava malfunction which made me cross and quick for the first 500m), then did 5 minutes of 30:20:10 (maybe at 8, 12 and 15 kph respectively), 2 minutes recovery at who knows what, then back to Parkrun pace (12ish) to complete 2.5k in around 15 mins.
After which I jogged on up the prom to find Dexy and stayed with her as she completed her 4k / 30 mins consolidation run. So 4.6k not 2.5k for me (sorry Ju-Ju) but an interesting skirmish with the intervals. Which incidentally I timed on a simple stopwatch (!) for the 30" and 20", then picked what looked like a suitable finishing point for the 10" (there are lots of benches and notices to choose from on Southsea prom), and sprinted to it.
Tomorrow should be Run 3 (5.5k). The thought is to run the first k with Dexy at her pace, the next 3k at Parkrun pace (while she runs 2k), the next k with her again, and the last 500m at a bit over Parkrun pace (hopefully). We're thinking of trying an out and back on the "Billy Trail" (disused railway track) on Hayling Island - if Dexy turns at 2k, and me at 2.5, we should meet again at 3 for her and 4 for me. And I'll have a target to aim at!
It's much more fun running with someone, I think. And patching our differing objectives together is an intellectual challenge! Not sure how we'll cope when my runs get longer - I expect it'll be a case of meeting in the coffee shop (or pub if the time is right!).
So yeah, I'll be having fun with you (though a few miles apart).
Speed is relative but not really relevant …. we're both just aiming to increase distance here. I've always run a bit, but my admiration for people who have really just got off the couch and made it to 5k is unbounded. If I hadn't actually seen it happen before my very eyes, I wouldn't have thought it possible. To try to push that on to 10k so soon - fantastic!
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