I’m feeling a little ho(a)rse! This little beauty was at the end of my run and he/she winnied as I crossed my target finishing line by the red gate, but then I realised I’d done 10.92km and I thought, well, I might as well do the rest, so I waved goodbye to horsey and did the last 0.08km to round it up nicely 😁 It was purely croissant power you know!! 🥐🥐🥐
It’s been a bit of a whirlwind this getting to 10K. A month ago I don’t think I’d even have considered doing it yet. But a run I where I forgot to stop running and JuJu’s wonderful plan has got me here today with my first 10...neigh....11k 🐎
My wonderful hubby Katnap helped me along, riding alongside (on his bike not the horse 😂) and distracted me much better than my usual Mark Kermode & Simon Mayo podcast (sorry you two!). I have to say that on these longer runs, podcasts seem to suit me much more than music. They help me stay slow. I don’t like running slow (although it’s all relative isn’t it?!) but I always speed up with music and I’d never have lasted at my usual ‘speed’.
As well as Strava, my legs are also telling me that I’ve done more than usual; I’ll be hitting the evil roller thing tonight. It was still easier than my C25K graduation run, so all those out there thinking it’s too far and too tough, no! Just go for it!
So, today is my birthday, and as one of my cards said ‘You’re not getting old, you were old last year!’ Never a truer word said: Last year I was fat, fed up and fifty, this year I’m finner, fitter and fifty-one. Time for cake now 🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🦆👍😁
Happy running you fab people 🏃♀️🏃🏻♂️🏃♀️🏃🏻♂️🦆🦆🦆
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Congratulations! I am so proud of you TailChaser, so reluctant to stretch to 10k and then you go and do 11! Whoop whoop. So glad that Katnap was there to share it with you too.
And if that’s not enough to celebrate, have a wonderful birthday 🎂 🎁 🍰 and get spoilt by your boys.
We are all standing by the podium to cheer you on.
Thanks Dexy, it’s all quite a lot to take in this week! Yes, Katnap’s support was wonderful, it would have been a lot tougher without him.
The tattoo is going to happen I promise, but my colleague has just had one done on his leg and is hobbling so I have to make sure I don’t need the use of my right shoulder and arm for a couple of days! January I suspect, when I’m not gardening 😁🦆
Looking forward to standing on that podium, I’ve booked my spot, now for the cake, yum 😋
Hi Cheeky! Congratulations! I saw you in the queue on the podium steps, not many of us so far this month. I don’t know about you but I delayed it a day because yesterday’s weather was so dreadful. Can’t believe how quick you’ve gone from C25K to B10K! Well done you, extremely impressive running 👏👏👏
Thanks TC! I had planned mine for today actually. I wanted two rest days beforehand and it worked out perfectly. I’d had a pretty meh 4k run on Monday, but somehow I knew today would be ok! 👍😀
Aren’t we clever? 😀😀 I really want our badges to show up ....... 😅
Fingers crossed for the weekend? You’ve been waiting much longer than us Sandi, you’re being very patient, I keep looking and refreshing the page just in case!
Wow! Wow! Wow! TC 👊🦋🌟🏃♀️👏 What a journey!(metaphorically 🤣 Although your route with that adorable pony and those Autumn colours looks awesome too!) I'm actually a little bit emoshe here 🤗 Awww you've done sooo well, my friend 😊 What a birthday 🌟 🥂🎉 And what a RUNNER! 🏃♀️💫✨ Enjoy the rest of your special day xx🦆🦋
Thank you Flara, my special VRB 🤗! I did get a bit sniffy at the end, not quite as sniffy as for C25K but quite sniffy (I remembered the tissues this time, saved using the buff 😂). Legs are just starting to recover, given them a good rollering (it’s so nice when it stops!) and waiting for kittens to come home from school so we can have some 🍰🍰🍰😋 then off to pub 😁🍻
Your turn next????? No pressure 🤗 I just wouldn’t be surprised if one day (soonish) one of your posts says you had a wonderful run and just forgot to stop...it creeps up on you 🕷 then 💥. 🦋🦆xxx
Thank you Uncle, he’s doing fab isn’t he?! But we were all originally inspired by our youngest kitten who is the cross country supremo. He lost his mojo a bit, I tried to help him out and it sort of all snowballed from there.
Looking forward to lots and lots and lots of food tonight 😋🤗x
Happy Birthday to you and well done on your 11k! Brilliant! Congratulations! 😊👏🏻👍☀️🥂🍾🏅🎉🏃♀️🤸♀️🏃♀️🤸♀️🏃♀️🤸♀️ All the very best for your onward running journey. I wonder whether you already have a plan or target?
Thanks 61, just planning on consolidating and running more hills for now. I don’t have that many on my routes so I need to get some hill practice in. Maybe a HM one day...maybe...
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