Helloooo everyone! Hope you had a good summer. I haven’t caught up on a months worth of posts here, but have seen a few stories of ever increasing distances and decreasing times.
Despite the best of intentions, ie. taking running shoes and Garmin on holiday... a month passed in a blink of an eye with no running. To be fair, I was camping, travelling, climbing, walking, scrambling up and down cliffs, swimming, surfing and so on... (also a bit of drinking and the odd fag 🙊) but it isn’t running. My tan and smile are blinding, but legs, lungs and Vo2 max have all taken a dive.
I knew the comeback run would be painful and it wasn’t pretty. I seem to forget how to pace myself after two days of no running and sure enough, after a month off it was a shambles. Further distracting me was my 9 year old son who I levered off the couch to come with me as ‘training coach’. He chatted merrily the whole way on his bicycle: “mummy, daddy said if a Nuke hit Canterbury it would reach us here, is that right?”; “mummy, I don’t think I have seen a frog in a clear pond. Have I?”; “mummy, look, squirrels. Look mummy!”; “mummy, why do people drop litter out of their cars”; “mummy, does a fast heart rate mean you are healthier because mine felt slow this morning” etc etc etc. It was relentless. I definitely wasn’t conversational and had to pause a couple of times to give a proper reply! Bless him. I feel very lucky, just wish I was a bit fitter so could enjoy the chatter more!
3k felt really hard so I feel like a complete fraud posting in Bridge. But I’ll stick around because you are all an inspiration. 🙂
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I know what I felt like when I took a week off. It took a few runs to feel like I had never been away. Hopefully your breathing and legs will catch up with you soon , I'm sure they will. Well done you 😊😊
Well done for getting back out there. I’m sure you will be back to your usual self in no time.
It is challenging running with little ones but they do make you smile which helps to distract us from gremlins etc. My granddaughter was so far ahead of me last week, chattering away I missed most of her gems! I had to keep asking her to wait for nanny. She said I ran as fast as mummy walks! Cheeky!! 😊🤣
Thanks lexi. No regrets, it was a fabulous break. Time to get back to the routines though... dare I say it, I’m quite looking forward to some autumnal running 😳
They are curious, the little folk, that’s for sure. And reveal the depths of ones ignorance in all manner of subjects. What does split the atom mean? Errrrr. Well... 😳
But what a fantastic summer you’ve had ktsok! Too hot to run anyway - you spent quality time with your family. That’s priceless. ❤️ Plus it doesn’t sound like you’ve spent much time sitting around doing nothing! 😅
Now gorgeous autumn running is almost upon us. 🍁 You’ll be back to 10k in no time. Enjoy it. 👍👊
I find giving really, really, really... long explanations stops the 20 questions interjections. And when they walk away you say 'hold on! I haven't finished yet!'
Sounds like a wonderful holiday and how nice to have all that family time. Your little fella sounds like a live wire, they never seem to get too puffed out to ask questions 😆
Well done on getting back out there, you'll soon get your fitness back and 3K is a pretty good start 🏃♀️👍
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🍏Summer Quest Week 2
Sprint for Summer Quest - final week!!! 😎
Holiday run along the Thames
First 10k since my 'summer of injury'!🙂
