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Getting rid of the taper blues

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10
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Hardly any running this week and it’s been driving me crazy. My car was booked in for a service today and rather than book a courtesy car, I thought I’d get a bit of exercise in. Biggest thing to come out of this, apart from happier legs, was that I can now visualise just how long my HM will be! Kept all miles between 18 and 20 minutes, apart from one which came in at 20:05... take that Active 10!

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NewRunner4Graduate10

Wow, that’s one way of avoiding a courtesy car. I’ll bet not many people turn up at the garage then run off! Sounds like you smashed it 😀

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toNewRunner4

Well, I walked, but no... not many on foot. They did fuel me with a free cappuccino and then help me recover with a lovely hot chocolate afterwards... not sure the free drinks merit the price I paid for the car, but today I was happy 🤣

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GranspeedGraduate10

Clever way to combine that pesky taper with checking out the feel of the distance. 👍👏🏼 Must speak time our garage about hot drinks provision....🤔🤣

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toGranspeed

Just got a little 2k jog in too... so that’s just over 14 miles on foot... I wanted to run tired to simulate the end of my event a little, it felt so good!

When I bought my first car off these guys I was there for ages while the sorted everything I wanted on it, would have almost been as expensive if I’d been in Costa that long 🤣. When I got the second one they said to call in for a coffee any time, so i go and have one every time I’m actually passing them and have a spare 20 minutes!

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GranspeedGraduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

Favours customer! 👍

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KatnapGraduate10

Maybe you did enough Active 10 for half the week! ?

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toKatnap

In total today... 250 brisk minutes, so 8 days and also next Friday morning 🤣

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SharunsGraduate10

I turned up in running gear for a service during C25K but the run home was too short. I got lost trying to extend the run and discovered a lot of places I hadn't been before (or since).

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toSharuns

🤣. Did you map that run? Could be good to have it for next time! I thought about walking home, but it was about the distance of the circular walk anyway!

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SharunsGraduate10

Decided to avoid that route again. I run further now so can bypass it. Best to.

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toSharuns

The only time I’ve been lost while running was my first time going for a warmup jog before parkrun, got totally confused as to which way I went at each turn and only made it back to the start due to seeing a marshal in the distance... couple of minutes to spare when I go to the start.

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SharunsGraduate10

I planned my 1st 10K along Middlewood Way but ended up along the canal as I forgot which way to go. Nice run though. I have no sense of direction. 1st ever parkrun I took a wrong turn.

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate

Flip that’s almost a days calories you ran off well done that’s a huge distance

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toSueAppleRun

Just a walk... running similar distance on Sunday, calorie burn will be interesting to say the least

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toUnfitNoMore

Good luck and i can’t wait to see your calorie burn Sunday

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toSueAppleRun

I’m just looking to see where the nearest pizza place is 🤣

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toUnfitNoMore

ooo pizza to celebrate after yum

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate10

Brilliant.. a dastardly and clever plan!!

What's your predicted HM time??

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toOldfloss

Some time around lunch 🤣. I have no idea... Nike reckoned 2:30 but then recently I did 10.25 miles in 1:30... cut off is 3 hours so 2:59:59 will do me

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

You will be fine... if I can do one in under 3 hrs,,, a young strip of a thing like you!! :) x No cut off time for the Monsal Trail one :}

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toOldfloss

I can crawl that one then 🤣. Not booked it yet, still not sure of the timing.

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Runawaytrainer

Being Unfit sounds like ancient history now!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toRunawaytrainer

Yeah... that guy isn’t coming back ever

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10

That's amazing. Well done.

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toBaddieThePirate

Thanks... now to run it 🤣

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GrannyhugsGraduate10

Great walk, good luck with your HM

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toGrannyhugs

Thank you... feeling good now

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Run46Graduate10

That's one heck of a walk UNM, and a lovely calorie deficit unless you stopped twice at Maccies on the way 😅

Bet you were tempted to run a bit of it though 😉

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