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Wimped out of my usual Monday evening long run yesterday on account of it chucking it down and a howling gale (I, know, excuses, call myself a runner....) so went out tonight with the intention of a fairly leisurely lollop around the village.

My legs, it seems, had other ideas...

10 miles in 1:49:19!?! That's 10½ minutes off my previous PB (or, effectively, a shade over a minute a mile faster).

I've no idea where that came from but for my first run of December, I'm definitely taking it...

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DebstonGraduate10

Wow, that's quite a lollop! Well done!

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sTrongFuseGraduate10 in reply to Debston

I'm still in a state of disbelief TBH.

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GrannyhugsGraduate10

Phenomenal run again. Well done

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Buddy34Graduate10

You'll have to go out for a 'fairly leisurely lollop ' in future runs and see what happens next. Congratulations on your 10 mile pb😊👏👏👏

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Beachcomber66Graduate10

Brilliant run! Speed fed by the angst built up by previous night’s wimp out. Redemption rocks 😊👍

Wow that’s fantastic!

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