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Consolidation & Continuation Weekly Chat! 🐰😁 5K, 10K - let's have a bunny*!!! October 8th to the 14th...

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Wotcher, gels and geezers!!

It's another glorious Monday morning!!!!

Sometimes we don't feel like writing a whole post, sometimes there just aren't enough hours in the day!

Recent C25K graduate still building up to 5K? Consolidating 5K, or perhaps working towards 10K? Seasoned 10K pro? Wherever you are with your running, this is the place to chat about it!!!

Or even if you just want to post a quick hello - it’s lovely to hear from you all 😊

Feeling lucky? This week I'm waiting for my 'Commiserations' magazine from the London Marathon ballot πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ Have you taken a punt at anything recently? Do you have racing aspirations of a more realistic kind? Do you aspire to run the London Marathon?

EDIT: Didn't get in πŸ˜‚

Anyway, have a great week running, everyone!

Millsie-J, Oldfloss, Rfc, Ju-ju-, and roseabi xxx

*Bunny - Rabbit and pork: talk. It's Cockney rhyming slang. I'm not a Cockney though. 😁

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Tbae

Thanks woman of steel, Abi for setting up the Oct Speed Challenge.πŸ‘πŸ‘

Automatic Invitation more like to the London Marathon.πŸ€”Atb.πŸ‘

How many have you done so far.πŸ€”

Go you.πŸ’₯πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸ‘‘πŸ’₯β˜„οΈβ˜„οΈ

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roseabiβ€’ in reply toTbae

Thank you!

I have run the London Marathon once, and have done four marathons altogether (a fifth is coming at the end of the month). 😊

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Tbaeβ€’ in reply toroseabi

Amazing.β˜„οΈ

Take good care of you.πŸ’₯πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸ‘‘πŸ’₯πŸ‘πŸ‘

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ancientrunnerGraduate10

My commiserations pack arrived again this morning. It's always disappointment tinged with a little relief. I'm a Londoner and feel it's the only one I'd really put the effort in for. Last GNR was a big fundraising event for me so charity place not an option. Still - signed up for the Big Half next year, and am going to enter a local 16 mile race in the spring , may rethink depending on how that all goes.

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roseabiβ€’ in reply toancientrunner

Sorry to hear that! I kind of feel the same only the other way round - disappointment tinged with relief πŸ˜‚ I didn't really want to do a Spring marathon next year so it was good that I didn't get a ballot place, but I felt so so disappointed! Maybe next time 😊

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10

Graduated C25K last Tuesday... ran 3k on a track Thursday and yet to lace up my shoes since. Daughter spent the weekend at her grandads so I took the opportunity to do absolutely nothing! Legs are desperate to go... so consolidation run one is this afternoon.

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roseabiβ€’ in reply toUnfitNoMore

Congratulations for graduating!!!! It's always nice to take a break, you earned it too 😊

How was the run yesterday?

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10β€’ in reply toroseabi

It was great... slow paced deliberately, I put some older than me tunes on, Norman wisdom, George formby, Max bygraves and more... then at 27 minutes I hit my power song and kicked on to some Pantera! Did 4 laps of a 1k circuit... I think I’ll do another just like that and then crank it up and do the 5.

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roseabiβ€’ in reply toUnfitNoMore

Lol!!! Brilliant play list idea 😁Sounds like you're onto a winner!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10β€’ in reply toroseabi

Yeah... needed to stop myself sprinting off after a few days off and I’d been reminded of my grandfather earlier that day so I built a playlist of songs he used to sing. They’re definitely not running tracks πŸ˜‚.

So, today I get to knock on my neighbour’s door and drag him out to start C25K... he’s wanted to do it for a few weeks now but said he needed kicking up the butt to get started... saw him last night and said to keep his trainers handy today.

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roseabiβ€’ in reply toUnfitNoMore

That's wonderful! I look forward to hearing how he gets on.

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10β€’ in reply toroseabi

Should be better than me after it... he’s expecting me coaching him and pushing him... he’s gonna be getting β€œslow down” and the likes. Gonna put him on my 400m ish circuit in the park so I can walk about in the middle.

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roseabiβ€’ in reply toUnfitNoMore

Sort of like an anti-coach 😊

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10β€’ in reply toroseabi

Yeah, and then when he’s graduated I’ll take him to my 1k circuit and kick his ass πŸ˜‚

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roseabiβ€’ in reply toUnfitNoMore

Absolutely! πŸ˜‚

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Suse70β€’ in reply toUnfitNoMore

Congratulations on your graduation! You did it! A wee break is well deserved. Bring on the next challenge.πŸ˜€

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10β€’ in reply toSuse70

Thanks... next challenge is something I’m working out

I did my first 10km on Saturday and I am not sure where to go from here. My overall plan is to work on speed rather than distance so maybe I'll do intervals with some hills thrown in. This week, I think I'll do a 4km and a 5km (following on Ju-Ju's plan) with maybe an 8km at the weekend. It all depends on the weather and the wind (which is quite strong today).

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Congratulations for your 10K! That wind'll give you a good workout 😁

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Beachcomber66Graduate10

I haven’t been out since my 7k on Thursday!! Friends’ diamond wedding, daughter flying in, carbon monoxide alarm at church, waiting for engineer to fix it......must get out today! I can feel the fitness draining away by the minute!!

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roseabiβ€’ in reply toBeachcomber66

Life has a terrible habit of getting in the way of the important stuff πŸ˜‰

Did you get out? How was it?

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Beachcomber66Graduate10β€’ in reply toroseabi

Got out in the evening for a 4K thanks. Blowing a gale, pretty slow, but soothed the savage beast! 5k today and then hopefully 8k Friday or Saturday. Just off for a loosen up swim.

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roseabiβ€’ in reply toBeachcomber66

Excellent!!

So, have been using stepping stones podcasts while consolidating and now haven’t run for 10 days because I’ve got groin strain!!

Gutted that I’ve come this far and now have this injury and worried I might lose my fitness/running whilst I recover. I’m still walking everyday as I have a dog but when I’m walking it does feel better but when I’m resting/doing stuff around the house I seize up! I guess I’m right in not running until it goes but does anyone have any experience of picking up groin strain whilst running?

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roseabiβ€’ in reply toNotanaturalrunner

I don't have that experience, sorry to hear you're having trouble. How is it now? I think you are right to carry on with the walking, this will help keep you fit, and help stop you seizing up - it's nearly always best to keep moving when injured. Do you like swimming? A very good exercise for keeping fit whilst injured. Maybe try running a few steps at a time during your walks to see how it feels.

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Notanaturalrunnerβ€’ in reply toroseabi

Well my injury felt tons better so I did a 5k run last week which went well at the time but shortly after completing I was in real discomfort. I no longer think it was groin strain but bursitis. It feels better when walking but seizes up during periods of inactivity. I’m still walking the dog but obviously haven’t run since last Thursday. Gutted! ☹️

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roseabiβ€’ in reply toNotanaturalrunner

Perhaps you should get it checked out...

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APScotlandGraduate10

Intervals today, to try to regain lost speed while holidaying in hot places over the summer! Felt good to push myself again. Even better that it wasn't 30 deg C ;)

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roseabiβ€’ in reply toAPScotland

Lovely 😊😊😊

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