Drizzly 10k in new t-shirt

[Sandie1961]

My This Girl Runs t-shirt arrived yesterday following the May challenge (I said I’d do 100k and actually did 161k split between 80k runs and 81k walks!). I had to try it out and around 9.45 the rain eased to a light drizzle so I headed off to do my June 10k. A nice comfortable run completed in 1:04:04, which seems to be pretty much the time I am stuck at. If I am going to make that sub 60 I’m going to have to start thinking about some new tactics I think. The highlight of my run though was running past our village primary school to the sound of happy, excited children in the playground and seeing them kicking balls, skipping, hula hooping 😊 Happy running VRBs 🏃‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

[Katnap Graduate10]

Do we get a piccy?

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to Katnap]

How do you add a piccy to a reply? 🤷‍♀️

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to Sandie1961]

You can edit your post to add a piccy I think Sandie. Your 10k time sounds great to me. 😉

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

Thanks Dexy. Lockdown hair too 😂

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to Sandie1961]

Oh yes! I have been trimming my fringe during lockdown- my hairdresser will have her work cut out when we all go back . 💇🏼‍♀️

[Beachcomber66 Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

I had a go at trimming mine and shaved a patch at the side unintentionally. Mrs BC took over and the rest looks ok...it is growing back now thankfully; and no, I am not posting a picture!!

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to Beachcomber66]

Haha! Well, at least you know it will grow back 😃

[Katnap Graduate10 in reply to Sandie1961]

🤣

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to Katnap]

Added to Strava!

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Nice Sandie. I’ll pop over to Strava for a gander in a minute! You’re clocking up great running/walking mileage and definitely earned that shirt. 😘🏃‍♀️🎉👍

[Beachcomber66 Graduate10]

Very respectable time Sandie. I think that sub 60 will come on one of those runs where you look at your watch with 2k left to go and think "this is on" and just go for it flat out. You will do it though, of that I am certain.

Dog walking on the beach for us today for the first time in weeks. Not many people about, but there were little groups of kids plodging through puddles and enjoying each other's company. Almost like normal! Molly enjoyed it anyway.

[Oldgirlruns Graduate10]

Sounds like a lovely run Sandie! And a lovely pic too - I now have to tie my hair back in a ponytail when I go for a run and it’s been many years since I was able to do that!

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to Oldgirlruns]

Unfortunately mine is still too short to tie back, although I could at a pinch manage bunches I suppose (won’t help the fringe!) but it is getting thicker and thicker

[Coddfish Graduate10]

Very nice t shirt and it won’t be long before you can get your hair cut. I recommend thinning scissors as a fairly safe method of debulking hair ahead of that big day. I am now on my second lockdown home cut, even trusting Mr C to tidy up the back.

Seeing New Zealand emerge from COVID gives hope of eventual normality for all of us and our hairdressers (and parkrun).

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to Coddfish]

🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

[Buddy34 Graduate10]

Great run for you today and I love the tshirt 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to Buddy34]

Thank you! One of my favourite colours 😊

[Agingnovice1 Graduate10]

You are doing amazingly well Sandra! I’ve just lurched from too hot to run, to too wet to run 😂 Guess I’ll be back to C25K early weeks if I leave it much longer! Been out on bike but roads getting busier 😘

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to Agingnovice1]

I’ve been amazingly lucky with my timing - I managed to do the last 2 runs in dry intervals between downpours 😃 Hope all is well with you x

[Hidden]

That top looks the business. Love it. Also your time is ace. You are so nearly there! It will come no doubt. Do you have a voice that tells you every km at all? Sometimes at each km point I run fast for 20 paces then next km 30 paces an so on up to 100 paces then back to normal for the remainder.

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

It is a lovely colour isn’t it and it has a bigger TGR logo on the back so that those coming up behind me know I mean business 😂. I use Strava with 0.5k progress announcements. I might have another go at Jog Run Sprint (even though I find it really hard 😬)

[JonathanP Graduate10]

My tactic for a sub-hour 10k was to run some longer distances, eventually ending up with 10 miles. That happened on 9 Oct last year and I did my best 10k time (59.29) on the 23rd. Mind you , I haven't managed a sub-60 again since!😀

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to JonathanP]

I did my 10k PB when I was doing my HM training, but haven’t done further than 10k since the (15th March). Maybe I should start to increase the distance again!

[JonathanP Graduate10 in reply to Sandie1961]

Worth a try!

[Mum22boys Graduate10]

Love the new t-shirt, fab colour! And that sounds like a very acceptable 10k time to me, good luck on the tactic finding 👍

[Hidden]

Lovely t-shirt and lovely pic too! Your time is fab! I will be well chuffed to get my time to that. At the minute I’m still stuck at 1.27.49. We’ll done you !👏👏👍🌺🌸🌼🏃‍♀️

[AlysP Graduate10]

That’s a lovely t shirt Sandy- and by your mileage you certainly deserve it!! I was also admiring your hair- it’s looks great!! My daughter took a bit off mine with the dog grooming scissors😂😂😂😂

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to AlysP]

Thank you 😊 My hubby offered but I’m not letting him anywhere near it. It has never grown particularly long but it is so thick!

[RunBrianRun Graduate10]

I think it’s seriously impressive running. To get within 5 minutes of a sub 60 10km is a fantastic achievement. It has to be your goal Sandie 💪 Well done 👏👏👏

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to RunBrianRun]

Thanks Brian! Strangely my 10k PB (1:02 something) was also my hilliest so perhaps I need to try to find some 😂

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10]

Sounds like a great run, with happy bits 👍 Nice t. Good excuse for a run, to show it off 👚

[Run46 Graduate10]

Love the t-shirt, I do like the logo...also like your hair like that, the fringe may be starting to drive you mad but it looks cool 😊

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to Run46]

Thank you 😊 My hair has never grown longer, but it is so thick it is unbelievable!

[Run46 Graduate10 in reply to Sandie1961]

That sounds strange, it growing outwards rather than downwards...be interesting to see how that progresses through lockdown 😉

[damienair Administrator]

Lovely Pic and Lovely T-Shirt Sandie. Great running too. That is fantastic. I'm sure you'll get your sub 1 hour 10K some day soon. You are so close and running at a great pace. I am a long way off it now, but 18 months ago when training to chase down my parkrun PB I found that speed training for 5K married very well with 10K. Obviously I could not maintain a 5K pace for 10K, but by getting below 28 mins for 5K i could maintain a 6 min/km pace for 10K. I know you'll do it. Great running and well done. I wish I could run as fast as you.

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to damienair]

Ah, this was almost a year ago - same lockdown hairstyle as now though 😂😂 My 10k PB (and 5k PB) were both in December 2019 and I haven’t got within 2 minutes of either of those times since! I still live in hope