Getting rid of the taper blues

[UnfitNoMore]

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!

[NewRunner4 Graduate10]

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 😀

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10 in reply to NewRunner4]

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 🤣

[Granspeed Graduate10]

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

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10 in reply to Granspeed]

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!

[Granspeed Graduate10 in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Favours customer! 👍

[Katnap Graduate10]

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

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10 in reply to Katnap]

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

[Sharuns Graduate10]

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).

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10 in reply to Sharuns]

🤣. 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!

[Sharuns Graduate10]

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

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10 in reply to Sharuns]

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.

[Sharuns Graduate10]

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.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

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

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

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

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

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

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

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

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

ooo pizza to celebrate after yum

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate]

Brilliant.. a dastardly and clever plan!!

What's your predicted HM time??

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

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

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

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 :}

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

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

[Runawaytrainer]

Being Unfit sounds like ancient history now!

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10 in reply to Runawaytrainer]

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

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10]

That's amazing. Well done.

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10 in reply to BaddieThePirate]

Thanks... now to run it 🤣

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

Great walk, good luck with your HM

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs]

Thank you... feeling good now

[Run46 Graduate10]

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 😉