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My average day in a nutshell...

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Get up. mental battle about whether or not to go for a run. Get into kit without giving oneself a chance to change ones mind. Go for run. Dislike run. Finish run. Feel instant relief.

Get home. Shower, change, have cup of tea. Sit down and analyse run for an hour on Garmin / strava.

Spend rest of day planning next run and thinking about next run.

Can anyone else relate? ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜†

I did a 5k with cadence drills today ๐Ÿคข Not fun, but Iโ€™m trying to โ€˜mix upโ€™ my training a bit.

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Oh Garmin and strava analysis it's a must ๐Ÿค“ klm splits,cadence blah blah read it and reread it then remember ek I haven't stretched ๐Ÿ™„

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Haha so true! Missed out the stretching / yoga session too ๐Ÿ™ˆ

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Noooooo

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Wenderwoo

You missed the bit out about spending hours reading the posts on this forum, lol! But yes, I can totally relate ๐Ÿ˜

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Very true wenderwoo. An embarrassing amount of time on this forum and others ๐Ÿ˜…

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GrannyhugsGraduate10

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ I love your planning enthusiasm then doubts. I love numbers and all the data on garmin satisfies my needs outlying. But having started hills in January I found myself drawing a bar graph representing the heights run up on each run

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Oh wow Iโ€™m very impressed grannyhugs! I must admit Iโ€™m not great with numbers, so I take my hat off to you ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ˜Š

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I donโ€™t do words ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate

Can totally relate

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๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ˜Š

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Beachcomber66Graduate10

My post run regime is similar, but I take less time over it and I often add a flat white and triple chocolate brownie at the handily placed cafe! A quick natter with fellow customers and friendly staff really helps the wind down process ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿชโ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿ‘

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Sounds perfect beachcomber ๐Ÿ˜Š

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FitwannabeGraduate10

Yes, I can definitely relate to this! Especially Strava and Garmin. If the run isn't there it didn't happen. The anticipation of a good time. Looking slow on Strava if you're doing intervals. Realising I am slow! ๐Ÿคฃ

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Oldlady57

Pardon my ignorance, but what is a cadence drill Rhedeg? Off for a run later, new route. Hoping for less hills though๐Ÿคฃ Happy running๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

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Not ignorance Oldlady57 ๐Ÿ˜Š Itโ€™s where you run hard for 20 seconds then have 40 seconds recovery in between times by 8 (in my case) HTH. Enjoy your run โ˜บ๏ธ

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runningnanny

Thank goodness itโ€™s not just me! Except I get back have my porridge and cuppa while analysing my run for an hour (should actually be answering work emails - self employed and work from home). Then I jump in shower. By the time I do actually start my work itโ€™s getting on for 10 oโ€™clock!! Finnish my work then back to analysing run (and previous runs) and planning next one(s)!!! If I am not analysing or planning I am looking at kit that donโ€™t even need!!!

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Haha Iโ€™m glad itโ€™s not just me too! This running malarkey does get in the way doesnโ€™t it ๐Ÿ˜‰

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SybilwGraduate10

Only thing you missed is sitting reading the daily updates here while you decide!! ๐Ÿคฃ

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RaspberrypinkGraduate10

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ yes thatโ€™s me too !

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CantstopmenowGraduate10

Another one you missed is reading and replying to posts on this forum, at 1.10am, with your head under the covers, so as not to disturb your snoozing hubby. I'm wide awake and thinking about my 10k race on Sunday! I need to sleep. Sweet dreams ๐Ÿ˜Š

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