First foray back to 10K

[Walshy3]

Well guys, top o the morning to you all, first 10 k back after 4 years, it was a cold and rainy one through Belfast and beyond, but the sun shone coming over the finish line👍☘️

[Irish-John Graduate10]

Walshy Abu!!! 😊😊😊😊😊

Well done Runner

[Walshy3 Graduate10 in reply to Irish-John]

Good bless ye and all who sail in ye John, glad it’s over, ready for titanic quarter 10K in a fortnight😳🙀🏃‍♀️

[Granspeed Graduate10]

👏🏼☘️ Perfect for St Patrick’s Day

[Walshy3 Graduate10 in reply to Granspeed]

St Patrick could have done with sending a bit of good weather, it was so cold , glad it’s over now 👍

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

That must have felt good! Well done!🙂

[Walshy3 Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

Thanks so much, at one part of the run we had the four seasons in one day!!! It’s all over now with a nice bit o bling for the haul 👍😁😁☘️

[Mollydex]

Great. Well achieved.

[Walshy3 Graduate10 in reply to Mollydex]

Thanks so much, I was glad to see that finish line, final 2.5k was windy and driving rain, but it was all great craic as we say here👍

[Mollydex in reply to Walshy3]

It sounds such a challenge. So well done xx

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

Well Done and happy st paddy’s day to you.

[Walshy3 Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

Thanks so much, it was cold, rainy sleeting, but hey that’s the back broke of it no

[Walshy3 Graduate10 in reply to Walshy3]

Now!!

[JonathanP Graduate10]

Good day for a comeback! 😀

[Walshy3 Graduate10 in reply to JonathanP]

Thanks, but bloody cold I tell ya!!

[Hidden]

Well done Walshy on your comeback 10km. Good going on a cold day 👍

[Walshy3 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you so much, trainers are stuffed with newspaper drying out, thankfully today I’ve no aches and creaks👍😳

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Well done Walshy! 10k, bling and all four seasons sounds like a great day! Lovely to hear from you again. Congratulations on your amazing run! 🏃‍♀️🏅👏👊😀💨💦☀️🏃‍♀️

[Walshy3 Graduate10]

Hey hey cheeky how are ye?!? Put a couple of posts on 5 k forum, thought it was time to stop messing about and push myself a bit further seeing as the running club takes us out a bit further, it’s usually 5 miles on our timed run with the gang so I thought what the hell, add one on and do the 10 k, I’m contemplating the Belfast titanic quarter 10K in two weeks, I’ll see if insanity prevails and I go for it!! Great hearing from you again, what’s new on your side??

[Fionn42]

Craic-ing medal! Congratulations, what a fantastic achievement. Fabulous!

[Walshy3 Graduate10 in reply to Fionn42]

Thanks fionn, believe me, at 9 am yesterday morning at the start line, I was wishing for my bed, but hey, it’s all behind me now and another medal for the bling haul👍😁

[Fionn42 in reply to Walshy3]

Yeah, I love running but only when it’s over. Ok, that’s not quite true but I totally know what you mean - that lovely feeling at the end, of smug tiredness is just great isn’t it! Well done you for getting out there and doing it!

[Walshy3 Graduate10]

Hi fionn, we called into a coffee shop in Belfast yesterday morning around 8.30, as we were drinking our coffee we all had the same conversation, ie what the hell are we doing here? , there’s always the pre race dread, can I do this? Am I fast,fit enough? But that surge of smug relief at the end is an amazing feeling, here’s to many more of these 🥤, virtual clink of glasses , I hate these, but I love them... anyone who runs knows what this means!!!