I've been struggling to reach 5k recently due to fatigue after moving house, and almost all my runs have been under 4k. This was worrying me, as I have a 15k race next month and two half marathons later in the year. Oldfloss gave me a very supportive pep talk, on the March challenge thread, which inspired me and made me feel less worried. So this morning I woke at 5.30 and decided today was the day to try to push on a bit further. The wind has dropped from a howling gale to a stiff breeze for the first time in two weeks, so that helped, as did the fact it was a beautiful, bright, golden-rosy morning.
My pace has been a couple of minutes a kilometre slower than before we moved, but I decided to try to slow right down to beat the fatigue - though when i looked at the end of the run, it was about the same as all my recent runs ... but I did start off a bit slower and end up faster.
I'm still getting to know the routes round here and explored a cycle track that led me onto a road that ran parallel to the bypass. Not a car in sight, but I was startled by a terrific thundering noise behind me. A moment later a bloke zoomed past me, running at about twice my speed (beefcake Mummycav Bevlar!).
I found myself out near the A34, then curving back into the town, and finished along the river Ock. Abundant signs of spring: daffs, violets, celandine, blackthorn. So I have runners high for the first time in weeks, and feel rejuvenated and much more confident.
Aw thanks 😊 The move really took it out of me emotionally and physically. I need to remember sometime that I’m an OAP and won’t bounce back as quickly as I did in my youth xxx
Sounds great Flick! Well done for getting back out there. Sometimes life events make it more difficult to prioritise squeezing in a run or having enough energy for a run but you’ll get back into it regularly again hopefully now your move is over. 👍🏻😊xx
Thank you 😊I was back to running nearly every day, but mostly short runs. It’s such a relief to get a decent distance in and realise the 15k race is doable x
Ohh no, a technological disaster would have crushed me - I’m such a geek. I forgot to start my watch till I’d run 1k yesterday and it annoyed me for the rest of the day!
Yes I know I’m still seething. I forgot to press mine till I’d run for 11 and half minutes and then it died part way round so I have no real idea what I actually ran today. And I like to see if I’ve got faster 🤣🤣 not..usually
Yay you’re back 😀🏃🏼♀️. Moving house and settling takes so much time and energy. I still have boxes in my garage and I daren’t say how long ago it was I moved 😂. And getting used to new routes takes time too. Fab run Flick. 😀
We have two dogs and two cats - it took two weeks to clean the house and pack and i did most of it. Then moving day was fraught. Never again - mind you, i said that less than two years ago, so who knows!
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