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Its a year on Easter Monday since I graduated c25k and the running bug I caught then is still as strong as ever. I bore my non running family silly, although OH cycles so we sit in companionable silence loading up our separate stats and then share our latest achievements, if any. This forum is heaven, for the support, encouragement, advice and virtual friendship shared on here.

I have learned that negative splits aren’t painful and are actually a good thing! I have acquired a love for bright Lycra, (lots of it) drool in sports shop windows at running shoes, have a winter and summer running drawer(s) wireless bluetooth earphones, a new flipbelt, and yesterday my new Garmin arrived! weirdly they are all in the same turquoise colour. I didn’t have a small child available to help me set it up, so headed off to parkrun this morning with said new watch, (hoping for the best) and my Mr Men Little Miss leggings also turquoise. Bit of a theme here but totally unplanned coordination. This is only my 11th parkrun since last June (our parkruns start at 8.00 am so the duvet normally wins, but over the winter I’ll make more of an effort to go.

Lots of giant bunnies at parkrun today, an egg and spoon race and Easter Egg Hunt. Brilliant volunteers, thank you. I managed to record 4.41 kilometres of my run 🤷🏼‍♀️ and when the official results came in later it was a new PB too. Thats 13 minutes off my first parkrun, which was run in minus 1.5 degrees, although my face looked like I’d just run in 40 degrees! I doubt I’ll ever be able to do a sub 30min 5k, but I don’t intend to try I love being a snail! I’m so much fitter and not as moody and have toned up and lost about 7 kilos. Maybe one day I’ll enter a race, but they are mostly too far away for me to travel with the dogs, so in the meantime I’ll carry on doing virtual races. My first bling and top never arrived, so the lovely race organisers sent out another package ha! ha! guess what the tops turquoise? Did a charity race last month with a lovely medal and might look at doing some more soon.

Happy Easter everyone and happy running 🙂 🐣🐥

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Sadie-runsGraduate10

What a lovely post, Lexi! And congrats on your one year of running, and your Parkrun PB! So much to celebrate! 👏👏👏

I identify with so much you say here. And love a negative split, myself. 😊 Once you get the hang of it, it makes a run so much easier I reckon! My partner doesn’t do anything sporty, but listens patiently (but can sense his boredom!) when I harp on about running. I try not to do it too much, though. I know I have you lovely folks to chat about it with, and for that I am so thankful.

Happy Easter to you, too, dear Lexi. xxx

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lexi6Graduate10 in reply toSadie-runs

Thank you Sadie, isn’t this place great? I have a smile on my face still from parkrun this morning If it wasn’t for HU and wonderful people like yourself, sharing, advising and taking the time to reply I might not still be running. (I think I lurked on here for a year) There might be 12,000 miles separation and 11 hours time difference, but I love this running family. ❤️ Xx

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GoogleMeGraduate10

Happy Runniversary! That chameleon medal is fabulous.

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lexi6Graduate10 in reply toGoogleMe

Thanks Google, its pretty gorgeous for sure. Had to wear them round the house for a bit 😀

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GoogleMeGraduate10 in reply tolexi6

Duh! Do you know it had never occurred to me to *wear* them even though that is clearly what they are for! Thank you! I think I need to have a bit of a clank.

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lexi6Graduate10 in reply toGoogleMe

Not for too long though Google otherwise you might develop a stoop, they are so heavy!

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PianismGraduate10

Happy runniversary! I know what you mean about boring people... I never shut up about running through the whole of C25k. I've calmed down a lot now but my OH (who is a swimmer) still thinks I've gone mad!

Happy running. :)

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lexi6Graduate10 in reply toPianism

😂😂 thank you. No explanation needed on here eh Pianism? Everyone just gets us. 👍

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PianismGraduate10 in reply tolexi6

No explanation whatsoever! :)

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IrishprincessGraduate10

Happy Runniversary Lexi whoop whoop 🎈🍾🎉💪 congratulations and well done for keeping going.

You need to join my old running club because their club colour was turquoise! It's one of the reasons I joined as I have lots of that colour too and love it 🙂 So shallow 😏

Well done on the PB and for the bling - lovely!

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lexi6Graduate10

Thanks IP. Its just a lovely colour and strangely satisfying seeing items folded neatly in my drawer (folded and neat not big on my must do) goodness! whats come over me. Might gladden Sadie-runs heart. ❤️

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Wimborne

Happy Easter Lexi. I read your post and then Damien’s whilst I was lying in bed. Not feeling runny at all. But I dragged my bum out of bed and just back from a rather hot sweaty 5k. Love your doggie photo and what a fabulous year of runny you. Happy Runniversary Lexi. Keep that Lycra shopping going. And gorgeous blue too. Reminds me of the sea.

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lexi6Graduate10 in reply toWimborne

Amazing Wimborne, you didn’t feel like it but you did it, got up and ran! You’re right can’t have too much Lycra? my OH will disagree 😅 Dog is Harry, huge grin on his face as he was off the lead and ran his little butt off. Now just to run mine off too. 😀

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WizziewoodGraduate10

Happy runniversary!

Keep up the good work. Happy running!

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lexi6Graduate10 in reply toWizziewood

Thanks Wizziewood. Looking forward to the next year now 👍

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Jell6Graduate10

🥚🐇🐇🐣.

Happy runniversary and Easter Lexi 😊

I only noticed when a friend asked if turquoise was my favourite colour, that I have rather a lot of it myself!.

Glad you had a good run.x

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lexi6Graduate10 in reply toJell6

And to you too Jell. Its a beautiful colour, really starting to appreciate it now that I have so much of it. It was a lovely run but gutted on missing out on finding chocolate at parkrun this morning, a woman running in front of me, kept diving off the track and running back on , triumphantly holding up choccie easter eggs, how she spotted them is a mystery. I had to overtake her in the end, it was all too much 😢 probably why I got a PB 🙂

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Jell6Graduate10 in reply tolexi6

🤣🤣, Oh no! A bit selfish to grab more than one. Maybe there was some insider trickery going on!

Something shady with the Easter bunny!

Who wants an egg that wildlife may have peed on anyway?

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lexi6Graduate10 in reply toJell6

😂😂 precisely.

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Deals1Graduate10

Happy runniversary

Lovely Post. Park run sounds fun.. There was someone in fancy dress today at my local and I didn't twig the easter thing. Doh!!!

Out of interest which garmin did u get?? I'm still thinking about it.

Happy running 👌🏃😊

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lexi6Graduate10 in reply toDeals1

Thanks Deals I got the 235, still wearing it this morning, just had a look at my sleep statistics, as I’m an insomniac, but don’t think its overly accurate, so shan’t bother with it again, but its very comfy and I’m loving all the other bits and bobs.. Looking forward to getting some stats on it, not today though its been pouring all night and raining still. It’s goingto be a bonus not to have to pull out my phone to stop Strava. 😀

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Deals1Graduate10 in reply tolexi6

Hope the rain stops soon for you so u can try it out. 😀

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lexi6Graduate10 in reply toDeals1

I’ll tell myself its good for the garden. Weather is a bit weird as I’ve got roses in bud again.🌹

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molly1973

Congratulations on your runniversary and your PB! I love your dog’s bow 😊

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lexi6Graduate10

Thanks Molly, daughter bought it him for Christmas years ago and it just washes and washes, think he likes it too 🙂

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MummycavAdministratorGraduate10

Aw, well done lexi6 , you are def addicted to this running lark, choosing running clobber over day to day clothes and excitement overload at a garmin certainly sounds like an addiction....and sounds like me too!! How fab that something like running can just do it for us??? Your park run sounds like fun, the volunteers there are worth their weight in gold...

Its funny you have a coincidental turquoise thing going on...I have a purple one!!! Happy Easter my friend x

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lexi6Graduate10 in reply toMummycav

Hiya Mummycav, hope you are well? Who knew I’d want to buy bright Lycra, know what wireless bluetooth was and want a Garmin, never mind know what a Garmin is!! I love this running and this forum. Feel a little embarrassed with my competitiveness that at parkrun on Saturday I caught up to a lady running with her husband, she’s done well over 50 parkruns, had a little chat to them both (me? multi tasked running and talking at the same time!) and I passed them and heard husband say “chase her”, not proud but I kicked in and sprinted the last 200 metres and beat her by 7 seconds. Thats a fib - very proud 😂 (got 15 years on her) and purple rocks! Happy Easter back at ya and enjoy that sunshine. X

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JonathanPGraduate10

Happy runniversary and congratulations on your PB! Enjoy your new Garmin and many more years of running!👍😀

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lexi6Graduate10 in reply toJonathanP

Thank you Johnathan, love this device, am I shallow?

JonathanP profile image
JonathanPGraduate10 in reply tolexi6

No, just enthralled!😀

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lexi6Graduate10 in reply toJonathanP

He hee thats alright then 👍

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