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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 Iโ€™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 wasnโ€™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 didnโ€™t even steal any sweeties... well, not until the Tail Walker had gone by! ๐Ÿ˜‚ I made a point of targeting those who seemed to be struggling, as I always find the Marshalโ€™s encouragement so important when Iโ€™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. ๐Ÿ˜Š

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. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

So, thatโ€™s me in a nutshell! How about you? What have you all been up to? Do tell! ๐Ÿ˜€

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Zebadee1 profile image
Zebadee1

Nice to have you back ๐Ÿ˜€

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MuddledGardenerGraduate10โ€ข in reply toZebadee1

Thank you, Zebedee! ๐Ÿ˜Š

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CoddfishGraduate10

Welcome back.

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MuddledGardenerGraduate10โ€ข in reply toCoddfish

Thank you, Coddfish! ๐Ÿ˜Š

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Stephen_UKGraduate10

Good to see you back, MG!

Great that it sounds like your running is going well.

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MuddledGardenerGraduate10โ€ข in reply toStephen_UK

Thanks, Stephen! ๐Ÿ˜Š

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate

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

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MuddledGardenerGraduate10โ€ข in reply toSueAppleRun

Thank you so much! ๐Ÿ˜Š

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SlowLorisโ€ข in reply toMuddledGardener

Crikey.

How long was it before you noticed heโ€™d gone?

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GoGo_JoJoGraduate10โ€ข in reply toSlowLoris

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

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MuddledGardenerGraduate10โ€ข in reply toSlowLoris

Bahahaha! ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

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EvolGraduate10

Welcome back, sounds like you have been very busy!

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MuddledGardenerGraduate10โ€ข in reply toEvol

Thank you! I havenโ€™t been idle! ๐Ÿ˜

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KevtrevGraduate10

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

Since you have been away Iโ€™ve been smashing park run Iโ€™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 Iโ€™ve already knocked 2mins of my 10K ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ‘

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MuddledGardenerGraduate10โ€ข in reply toKevtrev

Wow! Incredible! What an amazing achievement! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ

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KevtrevGraduate10โ€ข in reply toMuddledGardener

Thank you very much ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜Š

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GoGo_JoJoGraduate10

Great to see you back! Looks like a little break did you a lot of good ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

Sounds like Mr MG has interrupted your routine, hope he's going to toe the line! ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿคฃ what a reunion... 12 years... that's going to take some adjustment!

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MuddledGardenerGraduate10โ€ข in reply toGoGo_JoJo

Thank you! Heโ€™s actually coming with me to the night run...to observe only! ๐Ÿคฃ

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FranglaiseGraduate10

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.

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MuddledGardenerGraduate10โ€ข in reply toFranglaise

Ooh! Songlier! Wouldnโ€™t they run away from torchlight? Iโ€™ll definitely check for ticks, though!

Franglaise profile image
FranglaiseGraduate10โ€ข in reply toMuddledGardener

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.

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