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roseabi
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A wonderful Monday morning to you all - how you doing?

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 - itโ€™s lovely to hear from you all ๐Ÿ˜Š

Anyone in from Brighton & Hove? We've the fabulous Snailspace art trail at the moment; enormous snail sculptures scattered around town for people to find! They certainly slow me down a bit because I can't help stopping to take photographs ๐Ÿ˜Š

What are your favourite landmarks on your runs?

Anyway, have a great week running, everyone!

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

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Tbae

Hi Abi and other Admins,

Hope all good.

Just back from Surrey with the fringe on top, do not even know what lays behind that.๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜‚

Lovely weekend and wedding.Pleased I boringly stayed off the pop.

Trying to chill while preparing to get a run set up.Dragging the chain.

Stuff gets in the way, car insurance , airport parking,gardening๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ˜‚, and maybe jury duty again.๐Ÿ™ˆ.

Thought I had gotten well clear of that.Might be lucky.12 from 15.๐Ÿค”

Gone off on one Abi.๐Ÿ™ˆ

Eye on the prize.๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฅโ˜„๏ธ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

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roseabi in reply to Tbae

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

Thank you Tbae! It is nice the day after staying off the pop, isn't it!?!

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Tbae in reply to roseabi

Brillant ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

It has only taken 75 years to wise up.

Thick as two short planks as they say in some parts.

You young ones are Savi.๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

See significant trends away from

the pop being reported in the news.๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

Whatever floats your boat๐Ÿค”, but no question my boat can both capsize or sink quite easily.๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ˜‚

Keep rowing or paddling, at least now I am not up the Creek without a paddle, thanks to this motivational magic forum.

๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฅโ˜„๏ธ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

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Dexy5Graduate10

Hello roseabi and co, are the snails in B&H like the lions and elephants Iโ€™ve seen elsewhere, all decorated by different designers? You must post photos for Oldfloss.

Iโ€™m still on IC, but got on the cross trainer this morning just to get some exercise. See the nurse again this afternoon.

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roseabi in reply to Dexy5

They are all decorated by different designers, yes. We had dogs a couple of years ago! They will be auctioned off to raise money for a local hospice. I don't know about the lions and elephants, but I'm sure they're the same sort of thing.

Hope it goes well with the nurse! xx

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply to roseabi

Hoorah phots are back on the app - I see the ๐ŸŒ

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roseabi in reply to Dexy5

Awesome ๐Ÿ˜Š

That's a beautiful photo of a shy snail. It was a eautiful autumn day and I'm staying at a hotel for work. Went for an evening run on the grounds but soon realised that it was a golf course! So after 2km of dodging golf balls, I hopped in a side door to the gym and did another 6km on the treadmill. Pity! So this week, maybe 4km of intervals, a 5km and possibly a 9km at the weekend. I'm a bit plan less so I need a goal!

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roseabi in reply to

Any local races you could sign up for? Or even less local... Or parkrun? There are plenty of parkrun-related goals to aim at. Or longer distances to shoot for (half marathon...). Or speedier times - we're running a speed challenge over at the Marathon forum at the moment, still got a couple of weeks of it left ๐Ÿ˜Š

healthunlocked.com/marathon...

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I must find a race. Maybe an Xmas race. I do like increasing my speed but had an interesting chat with my dad. He was a veteran barefoot cross country runner into his 50s. (Heโ€™s now 86). He said he never checked his pace or his progress in a race or run. He just ran!

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roseabi in reply to

Enjoyment of running is another excellent goal!

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He was very competitive and won loads of races so I don't know if he ran for enjoyment. He just didn't look behind him or ahead of him. He just ran flat out! I think I'll try running for enjoyment myself though.

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Deals1Graduate10 in reply to

Interesting point. Reminds me of forest gump. Maybe sometimes we can have too much tech. I might try that. It's good u can chat

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Snuffy_TGraduate10

Hi, I'm a recent graduate B&H snail...! They are wonderful, I really liked the police one at the end of the pier. I have been in Spain doing my consolidation runs. I have managed 4...just, at snail pace. I'm planning on hitting the Hove promenade park run I've also been eyeing up the peacehaven run too. I have managed one 5k in about 40 mins , so I think I'm almost park run ready !

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roseabi in reply to Snuffy_T

They are lovely aren't they!?

You will be fine at Hove Prom - go for it!!

And if you try Peacehaven please tell me all about it!!! ๐Ÿ˜Š

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Deals1Graduate10

Hi Roseabi and gang.

Love the pic ... We had snow dogs the other year. I graduated start of August. Now just finished wk 2 of Ju-Ju's plan. I need to start trying new routes and going out in the dark more.

Ps did about 12 consolidation runs before starting Ju-Ju's plan.... Is this about right?

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roseabi in reply to Deals1

Loved the Snow Dogs ๐Ÿ˜

It's really just a case of getting comfortable with 5k. I'm sure you have prepared yourself very well for the longer distances!

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jeffbirdGraduate10

did my first ever 10k run 2weeks ago and it took more out of me than I thought since then I've been doing 5k runs only.

last night's 5k was on a new route and felt great so I think I can start to go longer again.

I've a 10K race booked for 4th November though so need to do at least one other 10K between now and then????

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roseabi in reply to jeffbird

You don't need to do a 10K between now and then, in fact perhaps it would be better not to if it will tire you that much.

I don't know how many runs you're doing per week, but maybe you could try building up your total weekly distances during the remaining 2 and a half weeks?

Perhaps try a 6k this week, then next week 6-7k, and then 7-8k early in the final week - with a 5k run (or two, depending upon how often you currently run) in between each. But be sure to take a couple or three days of rest before the race. The atmosphere of the race should help you get to 10k - just make sure you slow down if you feel it's getting a bit much at any stage.

What do you think?

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jeffbirdGraduate10 in reply to roseabi

thanks for taking the time to reply. I do 3 runs a week and had been doing juju's plan to 10K. so after my 10K I ran 4K 2 days later and the remainder of my runs have been 5K. I felt like I could have easily carried on running when I hit the 5K mark last night.

I think your suggestion of building back up again to longer distances is good. I'll try 6K tomorrow and see how that goes. thanks again!

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roseabi in reply to jeffbird

Excellent! How did it go?

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jeffbirdGraduate10 in reply to roseabi

Ended up going slightly further (6.7km) as I had to run home to get potatoes on for father-in-law coming for dinner :D

I was aiming to run at 8min/km based on runners world suggestion of a slow pace for me but was 7.30 -7.15 so need to work on going more slowly. Felt good though and still feels good today so happy with that. I'll have to miss parkrun this week so will do another 5K saturday afternoon. Next week I'll go for 7.5 on longer run on a day when I'm not pushed for time :D

thanks for your encouragement.

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roseabi in reply to jeffbird

Great! Don't worry about the suggested pace too much, it just needs to be a pace that you yourself find easy.

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David_G

Hi Abi, Iโ€™m preparing for the Croydon 10K, which is this Sunday. ๐Ÿ˜€I ran the final 3.5K of the route on Tuesday without any problems. ๐Ÿ™‚I may decide to run a shortish distance this evening but Iโ€™ll see how it goes and what the commute back across London goes later.๐Ÿ˜ซ

Other than that Iโ€™m a marshal at Parkrun on Saturday which is great fun ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ‘

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roseabi in reply to David_G

Ooh good luck!!!!!

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David_G in reply to roseabi

Hi Abi, I finished Croydon 10K in 1:02:39 so very pleased with that.๐Ÿ…๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ‘

Iโ€™ve taken today off work so Iโ€™m going to look around for my next challenge! ๐Ÿ˜€

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mountaindreamerGraduate10

Hi roseabi and everyone ๐Ÿ˜Šโค๏ธ

I feel I had a luck escape after painfully injuring my shoulder climbing last week, so am relieved it only made me miss one run.

Iโ€™d been sticking to a 10k and 2 x 5ks a week (one being Parkrun) since graduating Jujuโ€™s plan, and trying to build my steprate up using Podrunner podcasts. Having realised that meant I was doing tempo runs for all my 3 weekly runs, Iโ€™m now trying to slow down 2 of my runs (but keeping Parkrun as my tempo 5k). Am amazed how comfortable going even a bit slower feels!

Iโ€™m starting to veer towards the idea of doing a HM next year, but donโ€™t want to start a fixed training plan yet. Have decided I will, however, investigate upping the distance of my slower 2 runs, and just see how that feels. So did 7k instead of 5 today, and (after my Parkrun 5k on Saturday) will aim for 12k on Monday for next weekโ€™s increase. If 12 / 7 / 5k seems comfortable for a while then I may then go up a bit over 2 weeks again... Planning to do another 10k race on Nov 3rd, so that will obviously be a 10k week again.๐Ÿ˜

Am still enjoying just being able to experiment and knowing I can run, so donโ€™t feel I need any firmer plans right now. ๐Ÿ˜Šโค๏ธ

One thing that continues to amaze and surprise me however is the whole psychology of going for a run. I know I can run 10k with no problems, and if I set off with that intention then itโ€™s fine. If I set off intending to do a shorter 5k, though, my mind decides my legs have had enough far sooner, and are struggling along for the last km! This does not even seem to have any bearing on how fast I run! So mind games seem to have a big impact on my ability to run still! ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

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roseabi in reply to mountaindreamer

Sounds to me like you are a long-distance runner in the making!

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mountaindreamerGraduate10 in reply to roseabi

Thanks roseabi - I hope so. I think HM will probably be as far as I ever want to aim, though. Iโ€™ve a fused neck, and was never expected to manage running. HM seems a realistic aim without risking too much impact up my spine. ๐Ÿ˜Š

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roseabi in reply to mountaindreamer

Yep, half marathon is a really good one, a challenge but still doable and fun - realistic as you say ๐Ÿ˜Š

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David_G in reply to mountaindreamer

Hi mountaindreamer, Iโ€™m exactly the same. ๐Ÿ˜ณ Iโ€™ve no idea why my legs appear to give up if I was planning a shorter run and it doesnโ€™t seem to matter what pace Iโ€™m running at. ๐Ÿ™„

I canโ€™t set out with no particular goal in mind though. I find I need some kind of target every time I go out. Itโ€™s a bit of a puzzle at the moment but Iโ€™m sure Iโ€™ll sort it out one day. ๐Ÿ‘

For the time being, Iโ€™m thinking about future organised runs I can aim for, which I can build my own preparation and training around. Iโ€™m trying to be careful though that I donโ€™t overload myself with targets.

Itโ€™s not something I thought Iโ€™d be worrying about when I started C25K in April, so itโ€™s massive progress to have got this far ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘

Good luck with everything! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿคž

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mountaindreamerGraduate10 in reply to David_G

Hi David

Itโ€™s funny isnโ€™t it! Glad itโ€™s not just me! ๐Ÿ˜‚

Like you, I only started C25k in April, so Iโ€™m mainly trying to make sure I donโ€™t injure myself while Iโ€™m so new to running. I still see every run under my belt as building up my running experience, whatever the length. It is great to have choices though! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ˜Š

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David_G in reply to mountaindreamer

Youโ€™re right, every run is different and you learn something from each one (at least I try to!)๐Ÿ™‚

Once Iโ€™ve done the Croydon 10K on Sunday I might try some more cross country. I really enjoyed the different terrain and the challenges involved when I did my first, 3 weeks ago. ๐Ÿ˜€

I may join a running club eventually, but for now Iโ€™m happy plodding along doing my own thing at my own pace ๐Ÿ˜Š

If nothing else, I find runs are a great opportunity to clear my mind of everything ๐Ÿ‘

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mountaindreamerGraduate10 in reply to David_G

Sounds like youโ€™re doing great! ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธโค๏ธ

Iโ€™d love to try cross country / trail running eventually, but think my running muscles need to be stronger first. I ended up with knee issues the only time I ran on an uneven field for speed intervals, so decided Iโ€™d stick to smooth surfaces until Iโ€™ve done more miles. Iโ€™m hoping everything strengthens up so I can take more twisting and turning movements later. Iโ€™m a forefoot striker, which tends to make my knees twist around a bit at the moment...

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BeccymGraduate10

Me :) though still in Portsmouth after gsr. I love running past Steve Ovette on Maderia drive.

3rd Brighton half next, still never doing Marathon

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roseabi in reply to Beccym

Hey!

I love Steve too - he always reminds me of the summer I was working my way up to 10K ๐Ÿ˜Š

I have yet to try the Brighton Half, but I can recommend the Marathon ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜‰

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paul1960Graduate10

good morning to everyone.this is my final week on c25k and i would like to thank everyone who as give me advice and a lot of encouragement to go on and do this thank you.i still cant belive that am on my last week 8 weeks ago i could not run for more than 1 min now look at me now 30mins wow me a runner anyone who is just starting. the program realy works honest .you will have ups and downs but you will get there good luck to you all and dont give up. come on w9r1 today am coming to get you

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roseabi in reply to paul1960

Hi Paul!

That is so wonderful to read!! All the best for Week 9 - come back and tell us how you got on xxx

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