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BaddieThePirateGraduate10
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...listening to the wind πŸ’¨ wishing it was a lovely sunny day. 5.5km still to do and today is the last day. I can’t take all day about it, I have to catch a train at 12:20.

Last night I organised to go do a run with a friend who got to W6 of C25k and stopped there. I thought he might be faster than me, but he’s still taking walking breaks. He thought I might be faster than him. He nearly texted me last night to back out. I nearly texted him this morning to back out. But I know you lot are watching so I hauled my ass out of bed, got dressed in Lycra, realised I have no coal left and went to get some, then set off to my friend’s house.

We set off, there’s a cold wind, he insisted we go at my pace. I tried to keep it slow, it’s a recovery run after all. Soon he said it was too fast and he was finding it hard on his lungs. We slowed down. Sometimes we walked a few seconds, (and we did end up going at his pace), but he’s competitive so we never walked for long. We ran past the furthest he’s ever gone, turned round at 3km and were on the home stretch. Mentally it got easier at this point for my friend. Slightly down hill and we’ve got the worst over and done with. We both hit a really comfy pace and agreed to speed up at 5km for the last 0.5km. We pretty much raced that last bit. Bearing in mind this is the person who could walk faster than I could β€˜run’ when I was ill. We pushed it to the end then started a long cool down walk. After 60 seconds he was ready to run again! (We didn’t).

I hit my distance target and he ran his first 5km. The pace was 7:34mins/km. Really good for him, perfect recovery run for me. Yay!πŸ’₯πŸ˜€

Right, got to run for the train πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

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Katnap profile image
KatnapGraduate10

Well done! Hope you catch your train πŸš‚!

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10β€’ in reply toKatnap

I did catch it. I went to Invisible Manchester invisible-cities.org/cities.... Can highly recommend!

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GlossyGraduate10

Sounds great! Hope you got that train!

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10β€’ in reply toGlossy

I did. I went to Invisible Manchester invisible-cities.org/cities.... Highly recommend!

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grumpyoldgirl

Think we may have to rename you Badass pirate, there's no stopping you now! Can you count running for the train in the next month's total? πŸš…πŸƒ

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Jay66UKGraduate10

Brilliant!!

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Sandie1961Graduate10

Fabulous, well done Baddie! How good do you feel, having hit your goal for March? πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10β€’ in reply toSandie1961

Missed it for Feb and never made up the difference. Now I’m caught up I hope to hit my target for April. It’s a rolling target of 700 km in 2019, so April is 700 divided 12 x4.

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TailChaserGraduate10

I wondered what that β€˜thermometer’ was when we saw you last week but I never got around to asking! Well done Baddie for spurring your friend on and hitting your target πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸ‘πŸ€—x

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10β€’ in reply toTailChaser

Now you know πŸ˜‰

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Ang33333

Yay well done! Hope you caught your train! I like your chart!

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10β€’ in reply toAng33333

I did! Thank you, it’s a hand made chart, made out of a cornflakes packet πŸ˜€

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10

Good for both of you! πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ

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MummycavAdministratorGraduate10

Well done BaddieThePirate , sounds like a win win for you both, bet you’re glad you dragged your ass out of bed now?! πŸ˜‰

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10β€’ in reply toMummycav

I am!

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JonathanPGraduate10

Fantastic - a 10 and a 5 in 2 days to meet your target! You are flying - well done.πŸ‘πŸ˜€

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Bridget007

Well done! Talk about determined πŸ˜ƒ go you πŸ‘πŸ» and well done to your friend too πŸ˜ƒπŸ‘πŸ»

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10β€’ in reply toBridget007

Thank you πŸ˜€

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PianismGraduate10

I knew you'd do it! What do I win? ;)

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10β€’ in reply toPianism

I only did it coz you were lot watching! That motivated me πŸ˜€

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