Week 3 ✅ Frosty Parkrun

[Debston]

It was my coldest ever run this morning, my car said it was -1°C. Bedgebury Pinetum looked so beautiful, all frosty and sparkling in the sunshine. I was very grateful for my new running jacket (my treat for Week 2) with its thumbholes to keep my hands from freezing. Off we set at 9am on the dot. I think I am starting to feel the benefits of doing the longer runs because the tough uphill start didn't seem to go on forever today. I didn't find it quite as tough as I usually do, yay! Mapmyrun behaved itself today but I forgot to switch it off at the end so not sure of my time. I'm guessing just under the 40 minute mark, perhaps a little quicker than last week. For the last half, I was behind a lady and decided to make sure that I kept up with her. I managed to keep her in my sights and overtook her with a last minute sprint to the finish line! I thanked her for being my pacer as we got our barcodes scanned. So, Week 3 done and feeling really positive. I've run further than I ever thought I could, the sun is shining and it's the weekend, happy running everyone! ☺ 👟 🎉

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

Fantastic effort and great finish. Well done.

[Debston Graduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs]

Thanks Grannytobe.

[Buddy34 Graduate10]

It does look beautiful when it's all frosty. I agree with you about the longer runs helping the shorter ones and it's helping you at parkrun. Enjoy the rest of your weekend 🤗🤗

[Debston Graduate10 in reply to Buddy34]

Who'd have thought 5k would feel like a shorter run?! 🤣

[Buddy34 Graduate10 in reply to Debston]

I know , i feel kind of silly just saying it 😊

[Debston Graduate10 in reply to Buddy34]

😂

[Rogie55 Graduate10]

I love the Park Run after glow, feeling smug. Well done.

[Debston Graduate10 in reply to Rogie55]

Now feeling like putting my feet up for the rest of the weekend! 😂

[Debston Graduate10]

Official time was 39:19 so I guessed right. Last week was 39:56 but this week felt easier! Very happy. 😊

[Elisabeth3 Graduate10]

Well done on going out this morning at all. And you knocked 40s off against last week.

What challenge is it you are doing? Week 3 of what? Just curious.

[Debston Graduate10 in reply to Elisabeth3]

It's Ju-ju's Magic 10k Plan but I got a bit carried away on Wednesday and ran 10km instead of the planned 7km run.

[Elisabeth3 Graduate10 in reply to Debston]

I see. That's a good way of altering from a program. But they say keep to the plan so that you don't fatigue or injury. Keep running!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

Congratulations on completing your run today, that wasn't fair of you overtaking that lady that you used as a pacer😂

I sacrificed a PB at my 12th parkrun today, what happened was that I was overtaken by a runner who was 'attached' to a visually impaired runner at around 3 kilometers, I quickened my pace slightly and kept about 2 seconds behind both of them until the finishing line, I thought that I could have overtaken them in the last 20 metres but I DIDN'T think that would have been fair to do, my PB is 30.55, this morning it was 30.56, the visually impaired running time was 30.55, so IF I had overtaken them in the last 20 metres my time would have been 30.54 which would have been a PB. 😊 🏃🏾

[Debston Graduate10 in reply to AlMorr]

Aw, that's a noble sacrifice AlMorr. ☺ I did feel a bit guilty running past her, after she'd unknowingly helped me round! She was only 3 seconds behind me so maybe being overtaken made her speed up too at the end?! 🤣 Well done on another Parkrun, we're both getting closer to the milestone t-shirt. Great time too. I am raring to beat my pb, think it will take a few more weeks to get there.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10 in reply to Debston]

I do think if you can pace with other runners who are running just a little faster than you, you will get a quicker time than running on your own. 😊 🏃🏾 It's a fine balancing act, ha. 😊