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7k polka down the canal path.

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Feeling very chuffed that I managed 7k this morning - all thanks to JuJu's great 10k plan and reading others' encouraging posts here.

As for the polka, the canal path is becoming very overgrown with thistles & nettles on either side. On several occasions I ended up doing a sort of mincing, side switching polka with arms thrown up in the air rather like a traditional greek or russian dance. Accompanied with a 'cooked lobster' face and the odd expletive I must've looked a real sight to the 2 dog walkers coming the other way!

Think I got away lightly with just a few nettle stings & one scratch. Random trivia: For those who remember House of Eliott, I get to run past the lovely house with a lake which was used as a country retreat by Evie & Jack. Otters are in the lake & swans nest anually there.

Thanks for keeping my self belief going. Hope I can get to 8k before going on holiday next weekend!

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That’s amazing, well done. It sounds like a great place to run too!

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SlinkymalinkiGraduate10 in reply to Runninginsingapore

Thanks. It's a lovely route despite the thistles!

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Sounds absolutely brilliant, apart from obstacles!!

Hey, well done! And I know those dances, I do them all along the footpaths that border the main roads here 😂

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Thanks Flick - glad somebody else has a little dance along the pathways!!

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Interspersed with a few curses. Last time I ran along the main Stratford road, there was a small tree half fallen across the path, necessitating a dive into nettles and brambles to get past it ☹️

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Oh dear! I now have a tube of anti-bite/sting cream by my bed as I keep having mad itches in the night from the nettle stings!

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they really bite don't they :(

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