I’m back! 👋

[MuddledGardener]

Hello, peeps! I seem to have been away for some time. I put this down to the fact that my hubby has finally come home, after nearly twelve years away in the Middle East. Although I’m still running regularly, I have got out of the habit of coming on here; something I used to do, to while away the hours of solitude.

A little while back, I had become exhausted and stale, so, following some excellent advice on here, I took a short break. I only missed one Parkrun, as our running club staged a takeover of the volunteer duties one week, which was on an EXTREMELY hot day. I was so glad I wasn’t running that day! My buddy and I stood at Jelly Baby Corner, and clapped and cheered all the runners. We had a great time, and I didn’t even steal any sweeties... well, not until the Tail Walker had gone by! 😂 I made a point of targeting those who seemed to be struggling, as I always find the Marshal’s encouragement so important when I’m fading. It was actually a very moving morning. My friend said the same.

When I started back, I decided to do gentle short runs of 2 or 3 k, before doing Parkrun each week. This worked well for a few weeks, and now I am using the Stepping Stone podcasts to develop my running. This seems to be paying off, as my time for Parkrun is getting shorter each outing. One week, my eldest daughter, a very keen hill walker, joined me, which was lovely! She now runs a couple of times a week. 😊

Last month, I completed the 15 mile challenge for Race At Your Pace, and this month, I am over half way through the 25 mile challenge. On Friday, my running buddy and I will be running at night in a race in Thetford Forest, which I am really looking forward to. 😃

So, that’s me in a nutshell! How about you? What have you all been up to? Do tell! 😀

[Zebadee1]

Nice to have you back 😀

[MuddledGardener Graduate10 in reply to Zebadee1]

Thank you, Zebedee! 😊

[Coddfish Graduate10]

Welcome back.

[MuddledGardener Graduate10 in reply to Coddfish]

Thank you, Coddfish! 😊

[Stephen_UK Graduate10]

Good to see you back, MG!

Great that it sounds like your running is going well.

[MuddledGardener Graduate10 in reply to Stephen_UK]

Thanks, Stephen! 😊

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Great to have you back and what good news too 12 years is a long time

[MuddledGardener Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thank you so much! 😊

[SlowLoris in reply to MuddledGardener]

Crikey.

How long was it before you noticed he’d gone?

[GoGo_JoJo Graduate10 in reply to SlowLoris]

🤣🤣🤣👍🏻

[MuddledGardener Graduate10 in reply to SlowLoris]

Bahahaha! 🤣🤣🤣

[Evol Graduate10]

Welcome back, sounds like you have been very busy!

[MuddledGardener Graduate10 in reply to Evol]

Thank you! I haven’t been idle! 😁

[Kevtrev Graduate10]

Welcome back muddledGardener and I bet you are happy your husband is back after 12 years in the Middle East and it’s nice to have you back.

Since you have been away I’ve been smashing park run I’m now sub 30min last run a PB was 28:06 and Monday I completed the 10K program in 1 hour 2 mins and yesterday I ran a consolidation run In 60min so I’ve already knocked 2mins of my 10K 😉👍

[MuddledGardener Graduate10 in reply to Kevtrev]

Wow! Incredible! What an amazing achievement! 🙌🙌🙌

[Kevtrev Graduate10 in reply to MuddledGardener]

Thank you very much 😉👍😊

[GoGo_JoJo Graduate10]

Great to see you back! Looks like a little break did you a lot of good 👍🏻

Sounds like Mr MG has interrupted your routine, hope he's going to toe the line! 😉🤣 what a reunion... 12 years... that's going to take some adjustment!

[MuddledGardener Graduate10 in reply to GoGo_JoJo]

Thank you! He’s actually coming with me to the night run...to observe only! 🤣

[Franglaise Graduate10]

Welcome back....lovely to hear your story and see pics.

I can sympathise with the exhaustion part and not coming on here as much....im a binge contributer.

Life will,settle in,a routine now hubby is back...must be lovely for you

Sounds like the running is going great....love the sound of Friday night run through forest....enjoy.....not here for me as there would be wild boar (songlier) to contend with.

[MuddledGardener Graduate10 in reply to Franglaise]

Ooh! Songlier! Wouldn’t they run away from torchlight? I’ll definitely check for ticks, though!

[Franglaise Graduate10 in reply to MuddledGardener]

Some can attack, especially when they have their young. The size of some of the boys with their tusks is unbelievable. The hunters are forever warning me to be careful on my dog walks and thats in the daytime

I feel more in danger from them and their rifles tbh.