I’ve done it again!!!!!

I have run 9k!!! Flipping heck what is going on????!!!!! I set off this morning with the intention of doing a 4-5k run, easing myself back in as I said on Wed...well, that was then!!! and this is NOW!! The weather this morning was perfect..nice and bright with quite a cold wind...not breeze, wind. The scenery was just beautiful & it was one of those ‘glad to be alive’ runs...I ran into the memories of our holiday, i thought about my Mum, how proud she would be of me be able to do such a wonderful thing...my head was clear, i was enjoying life....by the 3rd km my legs were grumbling a bit but then, as I turned the sweeping bend there he was, this HUGE figure positively bounding towards me....he was a proper beefcake..very tall, very muscley, dark & very fit...I picked up my pace and started springing along like a gazelle, we said hello to each other as we both sprung past each other & then as he disappeared I went back to running like a dog that had been run over, but I carried on, head, lungs, heart, pace....everything was perfect...I turned around and started running back to the car...when I got to about 6k I could hardly believe it, I’d lost track of the distance ....and then there, in the distance, the big figure was bounding towards me again...so I put my shoulders back & started my gazelle like running form once again...& I think he did the same. Only thing was, I was wet through with sweat & with the ready break glow i was wearing, could be spotted from space...I’m sure he wanted to ask if I needed help but he gave me a massive smile, (or maybe he was trying not to laugh?), bounded by, not a bead of sweat or any sign of struggle to be seen, & again, when he disappeared, I went back to my lame dog style...the only thing missing was a whimper!! I had a change in my ears today & had radio 2 on...pop master came on...I ran over the bridge & past the smoking shelter that’s outside one of the factories....”GO ON BEV-LAR!!!!” One of my friends was on his fag break & spotted me...well that was another spring in my step...I picked up my pace & ran like a pro!!! (That’s what it felt like anyway!!!!)

So by this time I knew I was going to do another 9k, there was no doubt about it...I almost pushed for 10 but I want to do it properly...I know it’s taking me some time but I can feel it...

So there...we surprise ourselves when we’re on the C25k programme when we see a run, think it’s impossible but then nail it and this programme is no different...so today, I will mostly be feeling surprised!!! I’ve got that Friday feeling xx

Happy running my lovely family...

MC x