I love Saturdays

[SueAppleRun]

Good morning runners I love Saturdays, I even love the ones i work

We were doing so well this morning and i was hopeful of our fastest 5k but i saw too many dogs and someone from work who i spoke to while jogging round her and her children but 5k in 48 minutes is good enough for me and quite a bit of that on lumpy grass which slows us down oh and a bit on the stones because I just had to go and look at the sea

The sun was peeping through a haze of clouds and we came home warm and red and very happy

Have a good weekend runners

Here are a few foxgloves and my banana plant in the garden

[Allbarron 60minGraduate]

Lovely picture a great start to the day!! I envy you running already. I've put mine off til later this afternoon but I'm a bit concerned there will be more people out due to relaxation of lockdown rules. We'll see. I'm going for a 35 minute run today and hoping I make the 4 k I achieved last week. Take care WillowandSola. Happy running everyone 🏃

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Allbarron]

Thank you and enjoy your run later

[Fionamags Graduate10 in reply to Allbarron]

Great to see you have moved over AllB! You doing the timed programme as well?

[Allbarron 60minGraduate in reply to Fionamags]

Not yet 2 more weeks with roseabis prescription them I think I'll give it a go. Taking a leaf out of your book Fionamags 😊

[Buddy34 Graduate10]

Great run for you both , you make it sound like fun. Love the photo of your Foxgloves. We grew them just last year they are beautiful but for some reason they didn't come back this year.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Buddy34]

That’s a shame they didn’t come back but they are bi annual so there might be little ones that will flower next year ....oh lol this is a running site not gardening lol

We run slow and say hello to every dog and every person and it has to be fun or we wouldn’t do it, Willow is a bit horrified because i want to run longer than me but he walks a bit and sometimes smokes a bit while he waits for me to run on a bit more, over 4 months smoke free and my lungs and legs are stronger

[Buddy34 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

You wouldn't want to say hello to my dog , he hates runners. Just to with people running by him.

4 months smoke free is amazing . I hope you're feeling the benefits 😊😊

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Buddy34]

I am and we give all dogs a wide berth and slow right down because daughters collie was very reactive and am very aware of how runners look scary to some dogs so they end up hating them

[Hidden]

Hi guys - what a lovely morning for you both - I love your relaxed approach. The photos are lovely as always. 😊

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Hidden]

Hi there, thank you, we are pretty old and tired so we go out with no real plan and see what happens, today was a lovely run which we really enjoyed, hope you are well

[Hidden in reply to SueAppleRun]

All good now thank you after a bit of a stressful week last week - urgent dash to hospital for our teenage son to have his appendix out!! Love the foxgloves in your garden - mine are still tiny and not flowering yet. Xx

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Hidden]

Hope your son is recovering well, it’s always stressful when our children aren’t well

Being sheltered and in the south things are earlier, but this year very early i think we only had 2 frosts last winter and a very warm April

[Hidden in reply to SueAppleRun]

I’m not far over the Downs from you but we did have a few sharp frosts. The foxgloves in my garden appeared last year by themselves and I’m so pleased they have come back this spring. They flowered later than this last year but lasted ages. Not bad for uninvited guests!! ☺️

[Buddy34 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Hope your son is okay Delly-dot and recovering well. 😊😊

[Fabulous450 Graduate10]

Yaaay WillowandSola!! That’s a great run!! 🤩🤩 As we’ve been seeing a lot less of people recently, it’s definitely worth the opportunity to chat and spread the happiness! Enjoy the rest of your day!! 🤗🤗❤️

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Fabulous450]

Thank you Fabulous and yes it is

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

Love your foxgloves WillowandSola. Run time is mot as important as going to see the sea. Good choice.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Dexy5]

Thanks Dexy, I’m not really bothered about pace but then get a little kick if it’s a bit faster, our average pace was 9.42 a year ago we said we would be happy at under 11

For me i want to just run and run for longer, Willow is happy with 20 minutes then a run walk to the end

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

That is a lovely photo of your foxgloves and your banana plant in your garden.

Another good run for you today, I am glad that you enjoyed it, nice also meeting all those dogs, I like the bit about you coming home warm and red but also happy.

I also came home happy,(not sure about warm and red) after completing my 9th virtual 5K parkrun, I have been running them every week since the official ones stopped on the 14th March at 9.30, enjoy the rest of the day 😊.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Hi Al, thank you, I imagined you running past us near the start

I love the virtual park runs but can only join in when i’m not at work

[Fionamags Graduate10]

You sound so absolutely chilled with your running it is an inspiration! And those plants - i mean .... bananas in the UK? Does it actually produce fruit?

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Fionamags]

Ha ha, thank you, no it hasn’t produced fruit, usually it gets frosted back in winter and starts anew in about April or may, this winter was so mild it just carried on growing, sadly every time there are a couple of leaves taller than the wall the wind comes along and snaps them off

I have seen small bananas on a plant in a sheltered corner of a garden not far from here

I bought it for indoors but it out grew the room very quickly

[Fionamags Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Btw if it ever bears fruit - did you know that you should chop it down and let it grow again? Otherwise it won't fruit again properly. That was something I learned when living in Malaysia - but then things grow like wildfire there - your poor plant might never recover...

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Fionamags]

Thanks and yes, i’m sure that each actual banana plant only fruits once but the new ones grow up alongside the original, we have three currently so always new coming through each year if frost kills off the old

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

Great little run for you, well done. Goodness your foxgloves are about a month ahead of Scotland. Happy running 🤗

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Grannyhugs]

Thanks and yeah it’s really warm here

[limberlou Graduate10]

Oh I have lots of stuff flowering that shouldnt be yet but not my foxgloves yet. I have marigolds that flowered all winter and are still going. I just keep deadheading them. I have lavender, salvias, clematis, iris, poppies, geranium and many others all flowering away madly and I have just sent for 12 diferent foxgloves from my gardening mag to repopulate my garden as they have thinned out so. Can’t wait for them to come. 😁

Oh and your run sounded good too. 😜🏃‍♀️💕

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to limberlou]

Ha ha ha the perfect answer to my post

[Oldgirlruns Graduate10]

That a lovely photo W&S - not sure what happened to my Foxgloves, they disappeared! A nice run for you this morning - don’t blame you for wanting to look at the sea; that’s why we love living where we do isn’t it?!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Oldgirlruns]

Yes it really is, my ideal run would find the tide out miles of flat sand and run under the pier and back

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate]

All sounding happy and positive x

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Life’s good thanks and hope yours is too x

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate in reply to SueAppleRun]

It is..different but calm..xx

[Raspberrypink Graduate10]

Lovely report. Glad you’re enjoying your runs so much 👍🏼

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Raspberrypink]

Thank you we are

[Jell6 Graduate10]

I love foxgloves, my grandparents house in Wales had a bank of them. I am feeling a little envious of your pretty garden 💚

Glad you had a happy run😊

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Jell6]

Thank you we make our running time happy time

[Run46 Graduate10]

You guys are fabulous, so nice to see you taking such joy in your running 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️😊

[Hidden]

Brilliant!! All good signs and positive that you were able to run on different surfaces. You are going places. Keep remembering this!!