Goal number 1 for June complete

[Mum22boys]

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

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

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.

[Mum22boys Graduate10 in reply to AlMorr]

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 👍

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10 in reply to Mum22boys]

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.

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Fantastic achievement and the weather gods on your side 😁

[Fionamags Graduate10]

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

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

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...! 😉🙂

[Mum22boys Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

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 😉

[Buddy34 Graduate10]

Congratulations on your 8k and slowing down to run longer really works and as Sandraj39 says 10k is just around the corner. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

[Mum22boys Graduate10 in reply to Buddy34]

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

[Wimborne]

Yay!!! Happy 8k done and dodged rain ! Results! 👍👏👏👏👏. Looks like you paced yourself beautifully too.

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

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 🤗

[Mum22boys Graduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs]

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 😊

[Grannyhugs Graduate10 in reply to Mum22boys]

We need to remember this refreshing rain as the hot weather settles in again 😂😂

[Mum22boys Graduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs]

Definitely!! Not looking forward to Wednesday and Thursday 🥵

[Fabulous450 Graduate10]

Wooo hooo! Well done you!! 🤩 Always feels fantastic to complete a goal! Go you!! 😁😁🤗❤️

[RunWillie Graduate10]

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.

[Mum22boys Graduate10 in reply to RunWillie]

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

[RunWillie Graduate10 in reply to Mum22boys]

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

[MartinKH Graduate10]

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 ☔️ 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 🏃‍♀️ 👍

[Mum22boys Graduate10 in reply to MartinKH]

Hope the knee was ok after all that rain?

[MartinKH Graduate10]

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 👍

[Mum22boys Graduate10 in reply to MartinKH]

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

[MartinKH Graduate10 in reply to Mum22boys]

Thank you very much 👍

[Papillon17 Graduate10]

Well done on your 8k.

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate10]

Brilliant Mum22boys... strong running!👌🌻xx