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Goal number 1 for June complete

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So one of my targets for June was to run 8k... I ticked that one off this morning πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ I deliberately slowed my pace down, almost half a second/km slower than my 7.5k last Sunday and it felt really good πŸ‘ and bonus, I was back before any of the torrential downpours!!

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AlMorr profile image
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Congratulations on completing your quest to run a 8K by the end of June, well done, I hope your two boys are very proud of their mother, perhaps they might want to start running one of those days.

By the way if you ran that in around a hour you are entitled to ask the administrators to put 60mingraduate next to your username.

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Mum22boysGraduate10β€’ in reply toAlMorr

Thanks Al, the eldest only has 2 settings... run or dawdle... I hope they are sporty, sport has played a major part in my life so far but time will tell. The run was approx 58mins so I'm sure the next 500m increase will get me to the hour πŸ‘

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10β€’ in reply toMum22boys

Very good, most of my 10Ks I notice are ran in around 73 minutes making my 8K split time around 58 minutes the same as yours.

Fantastic achievement and the weather gods on your side 😁

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FionamagsGraduate10

That's fantastic - well done! You'll be at 10k before you know it!!!

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Sandraj39Graduate10

Well done on your 8k - and yes, slowing the pace really helps when upping the distance! By the way, I do believe that if you can run an 8k - you can run a 10k! Just saying...! πŸ˜‰πŸ™‚

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Mum22boysGraduate10β€’ in reply toSandraj39

Thanks Sandraj39. I could have run the 8k quicker but by running it at that pace I definitely could have run further. Totally believe I can run 10k now πŸ˜‰

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Congratulations on your 8k and slowing down to run longer really works and as Sandraj39 says 10k is just around the corner. πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

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Mum22boysGraduate10β€’ in reply toBuddy34

My competitive side will definitely want me to run quicker but first goal is to be running 10k comfortably and consistently!!

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Wimborne

Yay!!! Happy 8k done and dodged rain ! Results! πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘. Looks like you paced yourself beautifully too.

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GrannyhugsGraduate10

Well done, great achievement- running 8k, managing to slow down as planned and beating the rain - some torrential rain with thunder around us earlier. Happy running πŸ€—

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Mum22boysGraduate10β€’ in reply toGrannyhugs

We took the weekly shop to my mum and dads, on foot, and got caught in some torrential rain, we were soaked!! Thank you, you too 😊

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GrannyhugsGraduate10β€’ in reply toMum22boys

We need to remember this refreshing rain as the hot weather settles in again πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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Mum22boysGraduate10β€’ in reply toGrannyhugs

Definitely!! Not looking forward to Wednesday and Thursday πŸ₯΅

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Fabulous450Graduate10

Wooo hooo! Well done you!! 🀩 Always feels fantastic to complete a goal! Go you!! πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ€—β€οΈ

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RunWillieGraduate10

Well done Mum22boys. That’s so great. I’ve got my 8k on Wednesday. Hoping to run it at a slower pace. With 5k I find I can pace quite well now and always manage negative splits but the longer runs are still a work in progress on that.

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Mum22boysGraduate10β€’ in reply toRunWillie

Good luck for Wednesday, watch out for the heat that's coming

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RunWillieGraduate10β€’ in reply toMum22boys

Thanks Mum22boys. I’m in Australia so it’s winter here. Well done again on the run! Not far off on the 10kπŸ™‚

MartinKH profile image
MartinKHGraduate10

Very well done Mum22boys on your 8k run, fantastic achievement.

Great too to slow down a bit for the longer distance.

Glad you managed to avoid the heavy rain β˜”οΈ on your run. I played tennis 🎾 yesterday and was on court just after a heavy downpour. The surface was a little slippy initially, and I was cautious running about and turning too fast until it dried up.

Well done again, and Happy running πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ πŸ‘

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Mum22boysGraduate10β€’ in reply toMartinKH

Hope the knee was ok after all that rain?

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MartinKHGraduate10

Thank you for asking, my knee was ok after the tennis. The court dried off very quickly fortunately.

Unfortunately though my knee is quite niggly again and a little painful following my latest run. It wasn’t a fast or long run but something is not quite right.

I’m trying to get a face to face appointment with a physio.

Thank you again, and happy running πŸ‘

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Mum22boysGraduate10β€’ in reply toMartinKH

Fingers crossed you get one soon and that it's a simple fix 🀞

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MartinKHGraduate10β€’ in reply toMum22boys

Thank you very much πŸ‘

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Papillon17Graduate10

Well done on your 8k.

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BluebirdrunnerGraduate10

Brilliant Mum22boys... strong running!πŸ‘ŒπŸŒ»xx

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