Channelling hate 😂

[ForestGrump63]

So this months goal of 5k by the end of June scheduled for next weekend. I'd added 3 mins to last weeks run to reach 4K, this weeks goal was another 3 mins or so to reach 4.5k. I set off, watch would not synch with phone 🙄 and it was so hot! I don't do heat. So I struggle through the entire run, gremlins trying to persuade me to have a little walk but I kept running and did not enjoy it one bit. I get towards 4.5k and I'm thinking that this awful run will loom like a spectre next week and potentially scupper my 5k goal. So, in my odd twisted logic I thought "well you've hated 4.5k you might as well hate another 500meters" so I kept going and strangely the last 500m flew by so quickly (still hated it) so first 5k this year 39.30 minutes. Not fast, not pretty, not enjoyable, but done 😂😂😂

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Those runs are the ones which prove you can do it FG! We all get them sometimes, but we carry on and we’re pleased we did. 🏃‍♀️🏃👍

Really well done. You kicked the gremlins into touch and you did it. 😀

[ForestGrump63 60minGraduate in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Sheer bloody mindedness got me through , I’m a stubborn old lass 😂 thanks 😊

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10 in reply to ForestGrump63]

That mindset is what’s helped me out many a time! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️😅😅

[JTS225]

Brilliant, well done. 👏 I just graduated last night and in 30 mins I'm doing 4.16k, so sounds similar. Fought hard against having a little walk in the middle of w9r3, but near the end found more energy from somewhere! I've been wondering if I could just keep going... We shall see next week!🤞

[ForestGrump63 60minGraduate in reply to JTS225]

Well done on graduating x I think my final graduation run was 3.7k so you’re a wee bit faster. I always find the second half of the run easier x I’m staying to same distance next week then adding another 500 metres the following weekend

[JTS225 in reply to ForestGrump63]

That sounds like a good plan 👍

[ForestGrump63 60minGraduate in reply to JTS225]

I just need to set an achievable goal and stick to it. If I know it’s achievable the gremlins can’t touch me. If I set a goal that’s questionable the gremlins will win. I was caught out with that last time I did c25k 18 months ago. I think 90% is mindset. I nearly stopped to walk today and if I had, that would’ve been it tbh I know my mind well enough to know that if I give in to the gremlins just once the little bastards will take over completely x

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10]

Great decision to do that last 500mtrs. Even though you didn't enjoy the run I bet you got enjoyment from knowing you'd achieved your first 5km. May your next run feel effortless.

[ForestGrump63 60minGraduate in reply to BaddieThePirate]

Yep showed those gremlins who is in charge here 👍