Long, hard 10km

[BaddieThePirate]

It’s hot and humid, I’ve been ill and I’m tired, but I wanted to know if I can still do 10km. I can, but it wasn’t easy. I ran up new countryside roads to see where they went (up being the operative word, there are lots of hills round here, but view from the top is good) and came out part way along my usual long route. 10km exactly to the co-op where I wanted to stop and buy a 🍋 lemon. Also treated myself to a punnet of strawberries 🍓 😋 It took one minute more than my first ever 10km, but I’ll take that.

I have now passed the halfway point for the distance I want to cover in a year. 357km done out of a target of 700. Back on track 👍🏃‍♀️😎🏴‍☠️

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Well done Baddie, so happy you felt well enough to go for a run today. And 10k too - fantastic! 👏👏

What beautiful countryside. Having gorgeous views makes running even more special I think. ❤️

[RunaroundSue Graduate10]

Well done, especially in this heat. It was bad enough this morning when it wasn't particularly sunny.

I did 5k, as planned because I ran 8k on Monday.

If you are interested, Marple will have Pacers on Saturday. We won't be there, hopefully we will take time out from the music festival to visit Nant Y Pandy parkrun.

They always seem to have pacers when we are away. A shame because I enjoyed the only one I could make (under 35 minutes which was a good time for me - although I am not generally much quicker than that now )

[TailChaser Graduate10]

Fab Baddie! Looks like you’re on the mend. And that’s pretty good going doing 1 minute over your first if you’re not feeling right. And well done on your 50% too!

I wonder how many of us go shopping at the end of a run? My run ended up at Tesco today, for a packet of bagels as I had no bread in for lunches 😊

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Looks gorgeous... and hilly!

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

Brilliant - it's so good to get back out there after an enforced break ...and find out we can still run, isn't it?! Well done!👍🙂

[JonathanP Graduate10]

Well done Baddie! Looks like the view was worth it!⛰️👍

[Ang33333]

We'll done. Looks lovely. It's so hot. I will force myself to run tomorrow... !

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to Ang33333]

Go for it!

[Runningroni Graduate10]

Sorry to hear you have been under the weather. That is a long way to the shop for a lemon. Well done, the view looks worth the run up hill. It is very sticky at the moment so that long run deserves extra praise.

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

It’s great to hear that you are running again Baddie and to fit your shopping trip in at the end shows good planning.

🍓🍋🏃‍♀️🏴‍☠️

[Granspeed Graduate10]

Full of determination. Well done for that grit - and for 10k uphill in the heat as well! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Pirate wins again! 👍

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10]

A lovey run and a super view... but just make sure.. you take care of you

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

That's what it's all about 👍

[Dowat Graduate10]

Oh my word, well done to you. That’s quite a 10k in this humid heat and recovering from being poorly. I know what you mean about knowing if you can still do a distance previously achieved. Take care and enjoy.

[Beachcomber66 Graduate10]

Well done baddie. Good to hear that you are out and about. You are one determined pirate !🙂

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10]

Great job. 10k is still in those legs and that’s what you set off to test, time is irrelevant in that respect... but as you had doubts that you could a minute outside the first one is very impressive. That 700 is going down. Happy running.

[Couchpotato2]

Gosh well done! Hope you can have an easier run next time.🏖

[Katnap Graduate10]

I joined a 1000km in 2019 Strava club... and decided to aim for 100km a month to allow for possible illness and injury. Still on track!

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to Katnap]

Good going, well done. That's a lot of miles/km!

[Irishprincess Graduate10]

I love the idea of you running 10K to buy a lemon 😂😂

Well done on your goal 🙂

[Pianism Graduate10]

Well done you. I don't think I'd have completed my planned 10k today given the conditions. And it's brilliant you are still on track with your awesome target!

[Lavender1962 Graduate10]

Well done. It looks beautiful and hilly.

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to Lavender1962]

Very beautiful. We are really lucky in this area