Yaaay I have just run 8k!! Am super chuffed! I found the last k really long but I would have collapsed rather than not finish it๐ now back to 4 and 5k for the next two runs! I never thought when I started out I would be saying the words โback to 5k for the next runโ ๐๐๐
8k ๐: Yaaay I have just run 8k!! Am super... - Bridge to 10K
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Congratulation!! You must be really happy! I wonder if I will ever master 8k ... just started JuJu's plan which I modified to my needs. My second "long" run was 5,5k on sunday. I was so happy that I started crying after finishing that run ... but I was also scared because it is still a long way to 10k! It's almost unimaginable for me! So, great job!!
Well done on your 5.5k itโs such a lovely feeling isnโt it! This is my third attempt at the magic plan itโs like two steps forward and one step back for me ๐ I still think 10k sounds like a long run ๐๐ you will definitely be able to get to 8k it doesnโt matter when or how slow you go! I am a real plodder but I like plodding ๐ have fun with your next run ๐๐
Woohoo Bridget, very well done on your fabulous 8k! Youโre very nearly at the big 10 now. How exciting is that? ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ
Words you thought you would never hear......just 5k!
Well done, take it easy ๐ค
Well done. 8k is 5 miles which sounds a long way doesn't it and you did it!
Well done Bridget, nearly there now. Yes 4k is so nice after a long one. You can do this. ๐โโ๏ธ๐๐
Thank you ๐ I hope I can ๐ค... come on legs!
Do you realise it was a year ago when you asked the forum if 53 was too old to start running. I think youโve answered that one. You are doing brilliantly .
Gosh yes! I honestly thought 53 was a bit old to be starting running ๐๐ how funny! Itโs actually this forum that makes you realise not all runners are in their 20โs and 30โs and running like gazelles ๐๐ and you are doing brilliantly too!
Well done Bridget. 8km is quite a distance. Great achievement ๐ 5km will become almost a holiday ๐
Thank you ๐ it did feel like quite a distance ๐๐ ... almost a holiday ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
Yay Bridget. Well done. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ. Itโs hard work that last 1km. And yes. We use words and phrases we never dreamt of before this. Itโs fab!!!! I had the Michael taken out of me in work when I used the phrase โ hoping to go sub 32 โ. I think my work colleagues are secretly jealous ๐
Well done Bridget! That 10k is just around the corner ๐
Wow Bridget007
Congratulations on this achievement, that is GREAT!
Zest
Brilliant Bridget ๐ you can do this, in fact you are. ๐
Thank you ๐ I hope your granddaughter is feeling much better and your puppy sitting is going well ๐
Thanks Bridget, granddaughter is doing really well and back at school part time. Iโm also home again, my first night home I slept all night! Lovely pup, a real comic but exhausting. Getting back now to regular runs will be a breeze ๐
Oh wow!!! I'm beaming ear to ear for you Bridget! ๐ 8k! Yay! I think every PB distance or speed is worth celebrating so ๐พ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐๐โ๏ธ ๐ฅโก๏ธ ๐โโ๏ธ๐คธโโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐คธโโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐คธโโ๏ธ from me! 8k is super amazing. Congratulations!
Well done Bridget!
You are doing really well. How do I know this? Because to you 4 and 5k is just another run. I know what you mean about that last k though, I remember on my first 10k run which was an out-and-back route along my favourite canal, I really really had to push for that last k, but no way I was giving up!! I may also have been slightly naughty and skipped the 9k run, but that was a while ago, and I don't think ju-ju- noticed, so I got away with it!!
Personally I found the runs actually got easier, because I was getting more practiced at endurance running. I certainly found the jump from 5 to 10k much easier than Couch to 5K ever was.
All the best on your quest to cross the bridge! We're all with you, cheering from either the sidelines, the finish line, or the injury couch ๐
Neil
Thank you!! ๐ the last k I was constantly looking at the distance on my watch and was saying to myself Iโll just run the next three lamp posts and see how much further ๐คฃ but when Iโd done the 8k I walked the rest of the way home grinning from ear to ear ๐
Oh I bet you did, that's brilliant. You did it, you really did! The plan really works, you'll be sailing past 10k before you know it. Don't forget to slow down a bit though. I was amazed by just how much further I could run by dropping my pace down a bit.
I donโt know if Iโll be sailing past it ๐คฃ๐คฃ but thank you ๐
Woohoo! Thatโs a long way! Well done ๐
Good running Bridget! Its so much easier when you're enjoying it ๐
Well done ๐ Iโm on my second attempt of jujuโs plan and Iโm also at 8k ! 10 k still feels a long way off at the moment. Happy running๐
Fantastic Bridget! I'm so impressed. I love to see you youngsters doing well
Ha, you better believe it! ๐คฃ๐คฃ