So today my OH graduated the Magic 10! We did the C25K together, but when I raised the Magic 10 he would have none of it - 5K was far enough. The aim was to run 3 times a week to get fit and strengthen our legs for snowsports, we weren't supposed to catch the bug!
I put it out of my mind at the time, but when he got sick and couldn't accompany me for a few weeks I snuck onto the plan and tried to entice him to follow suit once again. Again, he said no. I would run with him and he would leave at the mid-point and I would run on. We embraced the 5K together and he come around to the Parkrun idea. We've attended our local a few times and even did a tourist one recently where we met up with a friend from the forum (Saartjie ).
He eventually came around to the idea that there was no harm in running a little longer (rather than further) and we creeped up to 6K, then 7K. Then he'd ask how far we were going when we went out and I'd next an extra K in when I thought I'd get away with it. I then printed a copy of Ju-Ju's plan for the fridge and marked his progress on it - I think he was secretly pleased to see the weeks being marked off as he stopped fighting it and I quickly signed him up for the 10K Movember virtual run 😁
I realised he was worried about managing it and we picked up the pace a little, a practice run in advance would be a good idea I felt.
That brings us to today - today he completed his first 10K EVER! A sprinter in his youth, distance was unheard of.
I'm so very proud of his achievement and thought I'd post here on his behalf since he doesn't follow the forum himself, but takes a keen interest over my shoulder 😊
Absolutely awesome and congrats to you and your OH! Like you we are focussed on snowsports - I never really wanted to run, I just wanted to get fitter and lose a few (ok a lot of) kilos. It works!
I used to hate the 10 minute warm-up on the dreadmill! What happened!?!?
I suspect it was because it was too fast with the aim of increasing heart-rate quickly to move on to the planned exercise. I wonder if they realise they're putting people off running with that method.
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Great stuff Sharron, absolutely brilliant that the two of you have been through this process - you've clearly sorted him out! And it sounds like LoungeLizard's comment is spot on... "resistance is futile"
It's been great to have someone to run with, even though I regularly get told we weren't running together, he was "catching up". Since the distance increased though we have been more or less on the same pace. 😁
Woohoo congratulations to Roger and to you for your encouragement and covertly completing Operation 10 Is The Magic Number!! 💪🏼💪🏼🏃🏻♂️🏃♀️🏆👨🏻🎓👩🎓🎉😬 xx
Good thanks - still looking for the next challenge after graduation but I’m doing a couple of 10K races before Christmas and then I’ll see - maybe a sneaky half sometime next year! Who knows. How about you? Xx
Pretty much the same. Had hoped to reach HM distance this year, but realised somewhere asking the line that out was a little too ambitious in light of my beginnings in April and my life-schedule and dare I say age 😖
There's always next year...
Got my eye on a few goals, just to convince the OH!
Congratulations Sutsha on leading him gently to the 10k and well done OH on his super duper graduation. When you are at 5k, 10k does seem a long way but having done 9k now I realise that using the right plan it is so achievable. Wishing you many happy runs together.
So many OHs have either started or restarted running in our group Mr mountaindreamer, Mr TailChaser, mr Dexy5 (UTS) and now Mr Sutsha. Let’s hear it for the boys 🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️👏👏👏👏👏
This may help - OH wasn't interested in the app and frills, so I would follow the app and he'd follow my lead. He ran when I ran, walked when I walked and that seemed to suit him better. No logic, but it worked. I also kept reminding him of the motivation, for him it was "your legs will be getting so much stronger for snowboarding". 😁
Thanks Ju-Ju! It's all thanks to your plan, it's very achievable if the ground work is done. It just sounds like a lot at the beginning. I got him a pizza medal to mark the occasion and the plan was to treat us to a pizza too, but he's trying to cut back the carbs so turned me down flat!
Looking forward to the Movember run now, although I wish I had convinced him to do the official organised one. He's now looking at the Culloden runs but don't think we can make it happen at short notice 😞
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Running with my son - at last
Found my pace 😁
Finish Line
