Morning lovely runners, I hope you all had a great weekend, reading some of your posts certainly looks like you did. For those of you who are running in the dark I hope you are wearing your lights, reflectors, hi viz so that you're all staying safe??
So last night I started week 4 of my plan to improve my 10k speed, I had family round for Sunday dinner so things were too hectic to go any other time...it was dark, it was miserable, it was wet, the leaves were slippy, all these things were going through my mind as I pulled on my running pants and scrabbled about in the drawer looking for any lights I could find...my Son found one that shone a batman sign symbol, bless him, but I thought it best not to use that one in case people thought I'd really lost the plot!!!...so I took the dog round the block just to get myself out there to check out the weather situation. Those gremlins sure were on a mission trying to get me to get my jamas on and curl up in front of the roaring fire...NOPE, I'm running and that's that. So, after dropping the dog back home, off I went, into the dark...a nice leisurely 10 min warm up where I am allowed to either walk or run...I have had issues with my 'Sister' (I use that term very lightly) for the last 10 years, we don't speak and unfortunately she lives 10 doors away from me so sometimes I have no choice but to bump into her now and again and last night it happened, I could see someone running towards me with a bottle of wine in her hand and it was her..."just put your head down and don't look" I thought to myself, so that's what I did...but as she passed me I heard her laugh...and that kind of made me question what I'm doing...but I pushed those thoughts aside so I could deal with them later. I chose to walk for the first 5 minutes and then accelerate into a jog...oooo, that extra Yorkshire pudding was definitely making it's presence known...I felt like a Yorkshire pudding myself!!! Then it was time for the cadence part of my run and I don't know where it came from but my body set of like a whippet...whoosh, 30 secs of very fast running, 30sec walk then off again, whoosh another 30 secs...repeated this 4 times, next up acceleration glider...repeated 4 times...walk, speed up then gradually glide into walking again...then a 10 min cool down jog home. I felt good as I walked through the door...I was soaked but I'd had a really good work out, shower, jamas and family movie time...I did think about her laughing at me but really it should be me who's laughing, I'm the one running.
Lovely run in the dark! 🌃
My first official race 😁
Run 1 of Bridge to 10k ✔️
Second 10 Mile Run In The Dark For Some Bling
