So the last full week of school is done - 2.5 days to go - so really it's all over now bar the shouting (there's bound to be some random parent issue that raises it's ugly head in the final days - there always is) and crying (Year 6 Leavers and their parents and hysterical teaching staff on the last day😉).
I'm confident that finishing on Wed lunchtime I'll definitely get 3 runs in next week (and maybe even 4).
So how did I do this week. I managed 2 runs - a 10k trail run on Thursday evening and 3k intervals run this morning.
The Thursday run was possible because I was at training which finished at 4.30 (I never leave school this early) so was able to get out and fuelled by the desire to get my Strava Race to the Moon badge and some horrid parent emails that needed driving out of my head. Was a bit worried half way through as I came across two ploughed fields and wondered what they might do to my newly mended hip but all was good - though not fast.
Got out to do 3k recovery run this morning as that completed the 50miles for the moon badge and was very pleased that the hip behaved itself perfectly
Here comes proper relaxed summer running (as opposed to mental therapy runs of the summer term)... So promise now to stop blethering on about my woes. However holding myself accountable on here has definitely meant that I've run more often than I otherwise would have.
Happy running everyone 😁🏃🏼♀️🌞
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Well done on getting quite a few ks in last week! More than I have. We have finished now but it was absolutely crazy. I was doing 3ks for my sanity but no longer as I didn't have the time to fit them in.
Roll on those days where we can run when we want! (kids permitting in my case).
Hope your last few days are good and the dreaded parent issues don't happen. The emotional y6's is a given though!
I can't remember a summer term this long. I think everyone - staff, kids and parents are struggling so all the minor issues become magnified. Still the end is now in sight...along with sun and summer running 😎!
The end is nigh! You've done well to keep your running going this term - no mean feat when time is not on your side and waiting for optimal weather conditions is not an option. Good luck for the last few days. May they be full of compliments, happy people and a big glass of wine on Weds night! 😁
I'm not holding my breath for compliments (one thing headship is taught me is that the phrase you can't please everybody all the time is definitely true - and mostly applies to parents 😂) however I'll settle for happy children, happy colleagues and the wine 😊. Roll on Wednesday.
I can't wait. Have never felt like I needed the summer break so much (though my other half reliably informs me it's like this every year so perhaps I just block out the memories in order to cope)!
Looking forward to relaxed running and some of it in Cornwall!
Go girl... I remember it well... I usually finished for the summer shattered and with a chronic sore throat which only showed itself the day after we broke up!!
You had a good run... and the hip held up..and soon... the summer awaits... and the runs stretch out before you, relaxed and restorative.. free from the shackles of educational enslavement
I'm really am more excited than the children. And yes will no doubt be ill one way or another in the first week. I think you immune system crashes once the stress levels drop. Have found if I kind of tail off the work levels gradually then it's better. So looking forward to those relaxed and restorative runs and very pleased that the hip seems to be fully better. Happy running to you too!
I’m dreaming of Wednesday evening’s club run. A nice 5-6 miler through the woods and hills near home. I will just be relaxing into holiday mode at that point, no 6am alarm for 5.5 weeks. Still loads of work, but just the paper kind, not the student kind so not time limited. Weather looks a bit hot next week. Probably be raining by the weekend!🙄😂
Yes the weather is almost certain to be rubbish the moment we finish. And no alarms will be blissful. Have promised myself at least 3 totally work free weeks (including the paper stuff). I did this last year for the first time ever - before that I'd just done bits here and there during the holidays (usually when the weather was rubbish) - and I felt so much better for it. Hope your Wednesday evening run is blissful!
Hi well done you on surviving another year! Just dodge the crying and random rants and you’re on your way! Happy summer(as an ex head who left this time last year due to nutty parents I wish you all the best) running really does help and even better when it’s not just to shove stuff out of your head🙂🙂🙂
Ah someone who understands! I think most people wouldn't believe the crap I have to put up with on a daily basis (and why do parents assume we don't have their children's best interests at heart). It's always worse at this time of year too (we call it silly season in school) because the parents are more jittery about the holidays and up coming changes as than the children.
I am beginning to think nearly 5 years in that it's not an emotionally sustainable way to earn a living! Though can't quite see an exit strategy yet.
Running does help (and sometimes benefits as with my angst fuelled 10k this week!) but is much more pleasurable when it's not a necessary therapy 😂.
Nothing like a day spent dealing with domestic violence fallout, a couple of last minute resignations and a batty parent marching up to you to threaten to report you to ofsted because you have lost their (unnamed) child’s jumper! Just another day- I am often tempted to write a therapeutic memoir of things that a head deals with- and what I would have liked to say in some circumstances but could not because we have to stay professional! Have a lovely and much deserved break🤪🙂
You’ve got a tough job! But soon you will have a much deserved break, filled with relaxation, fun runs, and for the time being at least, less worries. Enjoy your break!
Yep, remember the feelings. And so many of the parents will hand you back their 1, 2 or 3 offspring in September with a sigh & a haggard look, remarking something to the effect of “Whew, here they are; I’m nearly dead after the summer hols” and never even hear the irony. 😄 Enjoy your well-deserved break! 🌞😎☕️🍰🏃🏼♀️🍷
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