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It was a sudden decision because I missed Parkrun (no car) and missed Jolly Jogging (it threw it down just as I was about to get changed to go so I wrapped myself in a blanket and read my book).

Once the sun came out I had the energy, the time and possibly most importantly, the headspace.

I called my friend to see if he would do the honours and transport me to one end, then meet me at the other and the answer was yes 🚙.

I got ready and off we went. Indecisive about what to wear as the weather has been so changeable and it threw it down as we drove along, but then we drove out from under the cloud. I decided the challenge was to get from one end to the other so walked the first 5 mins for my warm up. My friend did that bit with me then drove to Macc and treated himself to a big Sunday breakfast.

Blissfully unaware of the breakfasting going on, and fuelled by an egg and 2 chocolate biscuits I tootled off. I listened to C25k+ for a bit, then listened to nature for a bit, then tried to go back to C25k+ but it had been auto-deleted so I only had the ‘speed’ version, which I thought was a bad idea, so I used the 155bpm bit and kept rewinding.

I couldn’t believe how quickly I reached 5km, then 7km which I thought was half way. Then I reached a sign giving the distance each way in miles and it didn’t agree with my half way calculation. Then I spent ages trying to divide 5 by 3 so I could work out how many km I had left. That kept my mind busy for ages. Then I decided that as 11km was my current longest distance I should be able to do 12km before doing any walking. I think I was at about 13 before I had a couple of mins walking, but my pace was really good and I didn’t want it to drop so I started running again.

I got to 14km and was not at the end. The weather was holding nicely, sunny but not too warm UnfitNoMore . I’d already decided that no matter what happened at the end, so far the run had been sunny just like I’d imagined it, and a pleasure so it was already a win.

I kept going, couldn’t decide if the Macc end was closed due to a notice I didn’t really understand so decided to find out. At this stage I’m beginning to recognise where I am, it’s downhill slightly so I decided not to rewind the ‘speed’ podcast and end up doing 4 x 60 seconds at 165bpm. Found it impossible to slow back down after these (downhill remember) so walked a few seconds after each one then started back at 155bpm. Then I was crossing the road by Tesco and knew I was almost there. Decided not to include my cool down walk so it didn’t wreck my pace, which was averaging mega fast for me for this distance.

All of a sudden my well breakfasted friend was walking towards me with a bottle of water, two oranges, a fruit and nut ‘protein’ mix and a bar of chocolate. What a welcome sight! 16.66km!!! And a cool down walk together to the car.

I’ve just had a huge bowl of healthy veg and cheese and am about to hit the biscuits again, then bed. That’s one of my goals for the year crossed off 🏃‍♀️🌤. Feeling good but I already know which bits will be ache tomorrow. I was good and did some stretches 😀.

Anyone fancy running sections of the Macc canal wth me? I want to cover the whole thing, but not in one hit. That’s the next goal.

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Sandraj39 profile image
Sandraj39Graduate10

Lovely write up and well done on a fantastic run! 👍🙂 What a diamond of a friend, too!😀👍

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10 in reply toSandraj39

Thank you. Yes very thoughtful.

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Couchpotato2

Amazing! Yes no idea where it is but would be happy to run some and maybe end in a nice pub ...

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10 in reply toCouchpotato2

On the edge of the Peak District and Cheshire 😀

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Couchpotato2 in reply toBaddieThePirate

Well my train line comes to Crewe so maybe that can work. I'm on the trainline from Euston station in London so if you find a section that can work, very happy to join you and get a bnb or something. I'm free in October

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10

Wow! Great run... so pleased the torrential rain I heard 30 minutes after replying that it looked fine didn’t get you on the run!

I’d be up for some of the Macc canal for sure... will have to check my schedule though. May need some speed training first to keep up though 🤣

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Jay66UKGraduate10

Brilliant 👏👏👏👏

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10 in reply toJay66UK

There should be a bowing emoji.

Jay66UK profile image
Jay66UKGraduate10 in reply toBaddieThePirate

🎻

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10 in reply toJay66UK

Wrong sort of bow!

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply toBaddieThePirate

🎀

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10 in reply toDexy5

The one that rhymes with wow 😄

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply toBaddieThePirate

😂😂

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Tulipcat in reply toDexy5

This is why I love this forum!

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Beachcomber66Graduate10

10 mile badge for you then! A good weekend for pirates. Well done BTP. Hope you are pleasantly surprised by the lack of pain tomorrow 👍

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10 in reply toBeachcomber66

I hope so too. Very good weekend for pirates ☠️

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backintimeGraduate10

Well done !

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10 in reply tobackintime

Thank you

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grumpyoldgirl

Wow well done Baddie! Lol at trying to do the maths conversion, that's the sort of thing I do, never sure of the results I get, but it does keep me out of mischief 😁

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RunningroniGraduate10

Fantastically well done. That should add to your annual mileage challenge .

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10 in reply toRunningroni

It's brought down the amount I'm behind by, certainly!

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JonathanPGraduate10

Fantastic Baddie - 10 miles! Yes amazing how much time doing mental maths while you're running can use up!😀

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lexi6Graduate10

Wow! Baddie that is brilliant what a lot of ks. For you from Preston 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Evol profile image
EvolGraduate10

That sounds brilliant, well done

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Dexy5Graduate10

Well done on your 10 mile run Baddie- all those pirates out on Saturday must have given you an extra spurt. One section of the Middlewood Way ticked off too, with a little help from your friend. How great is that?

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10 in reply toDexy5

The whole of the Middlewood Way ticked off, from one end to the other all done 😊

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply toBaddieThePirate

🏃‍♀️🏴‍☠️👏🏻👏🏻

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ktsok

10 miles, awesome! Nice looking path too. Your maths comment made me quite nostalgic. I whiled away many a minute doing strange maths calculations during C25k... amazing how absorbed you can become!

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SaskAlliecatGraduate10

Congrats! What a great run!

Katnap profile image
KatnapGraduate10

Yay! Awesome 👍😁👍

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OldgirlrunsGraduate10

Not sure it’s really doable from where I am at the moment but having done it a couple of times in a narrow boat I know how lovely a spot it is - good luck with your plan!

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10 in reply toOldgirlruns

Yay, a boater ☠️

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OldgirlrunsGraduate10 in reply toBaddieThePirate

I was more occasional than regular crew but it was always fun!

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