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On 1 July 2019, I ran my first ever non-stop 10k. I qualify the "non-stop" bit because several weeks earlier, before I'd even completed Couch to 5k, I'd covered just over 10k refereeing a rugby 7s tournament. It was stop start, spread over six 14 minute games, but I still include it in my distance totals. Anyway, I digress; 1 July was the day I completed Ju Ju's Magic Plan, so that's the day I'm counting. The time that evening was 1:19:36.

Tonight, one year on and not including the rugby tournament mentioned above, I completed my 58th run of 10k or more. When you consider the that 4 of those 58 runs were half-marathon distance, I've actually completed the 10k distance 62 times in the last 12 months. Tonight's time was 1:04:51, which is a bit off my PB of 58:58, but that wasn't what I was aiming for tonight given the conditions underfoot following several days of rainfall including some spectacular thunderstorms were not exactly conducive to especially fast running, even if I had been trying to mark the occasion with something "special". The paths that last week were solidly bone dry, are now somewhat squelchy and waterlogged and the best you could possibly describe the going as was "soft".

It was for this reason that, unlike my Couch to 5k anniversary run, I didn't attempt a direct comparison tonight by running the route I took last year; the aforementioned rainfall having made some of the route I ran last year impassable. Suffice to say when you compare the time from that first run with tonight's attempt, and factoring in my current PB, I think it's fair to say that a decent amount of progress has been made.

I'm still marvelling at the distances I can now run and the fact that just over a year on from when I was consolidating 5k, my typical distance that I run on most occasions is now 8-10k. I'm still not sure my legs will ever forgive me though.

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Well done!

You're an inspiration. I'm currently on week 7 run 2 and was in awe of myself for running 9km in 1hr 20min including several omg hills too..

So roll on my second 9km soon.. then not far off 10km. I started c25k jan 2019 and stopped Oct 2019 due to injury.

Started my 2nd c25k with a running club January 2020 and graduated on my own approaching lockdown. ..

A few 5km's under my belt and needed a " goto" focus to keep my mind focused.. hence JuJu's Magic 10k plan...

And here i am !

52yrs and running furthest in my life ...lol

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sTrongFuseGraduate10 in reply toLucyintheskywith

Living where I do, "OMG" hills are pretty much part and parcel of every run (give me a nice flat rugby pitch any day). Well done getting to 9k. I'm sure you'll have no problems doing that final kilometre. The same advice applies here as it did in the 5k plan, just take it steady and don't be afraid to slow down. The first time you run any distance, it's not the time/speed that's the important thing, it's the fact that you've actually done it. The second time you do it proves that the first wasn't a fluke. You can start working on the time from the third run if that's what drives you...

Good luck.

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LucyintheskywithGraduate10 in reply tosTrongFuse

As long as i can do the distance and last the duration I'm happy... speed can come later lol

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sTrongFuseGraduate10 in reply toLucyintheskywith

That's it exactly. Getting to the end is more important than how quickly you get there.

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LucyintheskywithGraduate10 in reply tosTrongFuse

Its my only positive

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Wow! Impressive statistics sTF and distances in such a short space of time. 👍

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sTrongFuseGraduate10 in reply tolexi6

I blame my innate sheer bloody-mindedness

This was so nice to read, the last paragraph sums up your progress beautifully. The 'in built' stamina you now have along with the confidence you can run regularly and at such distances is testament to the work you put in and the power of consistency. Very best wishes for your journey ahead. One day the legs will be rested enough. While you can run, you must!

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That's pretty much my thinking on it too. One day they'll have the rest of eternity to be still; for now, they run...

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Its amazing what you can achieve when you put in the effort. Its great seeing how far you've came. Congratulations 😊👍

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sTrongFuseGraduate10 in reply toBuddy34

Thanks Buddy34 . I know my legs would disagree with you, but what do they know? Well, quite a lot I guess, as they are doing all the work...

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GrannyhugsGraduate10

What a fantastic set of achievements in the last year, amazing distances covered. Good old Scottish weather - midsummer passes so the rain returns. Happy running 🤗

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sTrongFuseGraduate10 in reply toGrannyhugs

Four seasons in one run is not an uncommon experience for those of us living in this part of the world...

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GrannyhugsGraduate10 in reply tosTrongFuse

I could have done with gloves on this morning, bit of a nip in the air. Brighter now.

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10

Happy 10k runniversary. You probably can compare it to the first non-stop one... this time the conditions weren’t perfect, but your first non-stop 10k has you arrive not conditioned to the distance too, by definition. Those paths will have taken a lot of energy too... nothing worse than a squelchy surface for that. I don’t think I could get within 6 minutes of my best in the described conditions to be very honest with you... bloody well done!

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sTrongFuseGraduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

If I'd run the route I did that first time, I would have ended up wading one section. It's a great route when it's dry, but it doesn't take much rain for the burn that runs next to parts of it to flood over the path (as I have previously found to my cost).

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply tosTrongFuse

Wonder if they do running waders?

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sTrongFuseGraduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

Maybe we've found a gap in the market. Dragons' Den anyone?

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MartinKHGraduate10

Fantastic achievements, very well done :-)

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sTrongFuseGraduate10 in reply toMartinKH

Thanks you

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That is a fantastic achievement, huge well done to you...

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sTrongFuseGraduate10 in reply toju-ju-

Thanks ju-ju- . I do hold you and that plan of yours at least partially responsible for this addiction I seem to have developed...

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