August has arrived! That’s a good time to start running (again 😳😂)!
So...GTFC asked me yesterday how my running was going?!! Quite innocently I might add 😁. He probably thought I was out there smashing some 10k’s 🏅! (🤨....hey....I can think that if I want....a girl can dream 😂)
I was truthful (as always), whilst I have been doing exercises every morning for a few months, running has only been sort of 2/3 times per month. But..., I think I’m a lot stronger and ready for it now. I certainly feel fitter and have a better mindset from creating that routine! So, it’s the right time to alternate the workouts and get back out there with my ‘new norm’. I have the routine that will take me outside, early in the morning...no fuss....no gremlin debates 🧟♀️🔨....just run 🏃🏽♀️ .
I have set up a new plan now! I don’t like doing that to be honest 🥴😳, but it’s for 4 weeks and I’m going to be disciplined...for once. This is my quest for August. I’ve turned a desk calendar into a visual motivator over the last few months and it works!! 🤩. July was my first, fully ticked month 😁!
I started with an 8 minute warm up walk today. Then ran heading back to finish the 2k in the little park nearby. I had UnfitNoMore’s 2p analogy for running using the glutes popping in, but I don’t quite think I mastered that one! 🥴🤣
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽...I’ve got my first tick for August!! Oh and probably one of the most important rules is that it doesn’t matter how long it is....5 minutes will do. This is a different type of endurance and I’ve mastered the gremlins. You can’t grumble or give up on 5 minutes can you? 😂😂!! That ‘just 5 minutes will do’ always gets bombed 💥 in the best possible way 😁!
Here I come August !! Day 1 complete!! ✅
Happy running Runners! ❤️
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Oh yes Blue!! And maybe one day, I’ll be able to run 2k in 5 minutes anyway!! 🤥🤣!
Have a great weekend Blue!! 🏃🏼♂️🏃🏽♀️☔️❤️
Woo-hoooooo!!
All aboard Fabulous 450's train 💥
This sounds great and you've made a start which is the best bit. Distance, time and pace matter not. As I like to say. 'It doesn't matter how your run went, as long as it went!'
Awesome that you are back out there and this alongside your exercises will be so good for you. Relax, breathe and goooooooooooo 😁
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽!! GTFC thanks for the inspiration to get out there!! I might have continued being quite satisfied with the workouts, but your question made me think, 🤔....well why not? 🤓
UnfitNoMore’s invitation to a 12 mile run, was encouragement too! He always has a way of making the impossible seem possible. Well... I’m captured and entertained by the thought anyway!! 🥴😂. It still sews a seed! 😉
Hey, no worries. When I used to teach I would tell the children to make loads of mistakes so they wouldn't be frightened and be free. When I coached my son's football team I told them to 'get out there and do something' this enabled them to express themselves, play without fear and play with freedom. So with running I allow myself to make mistakes and do something, namely run. This way any anxieties or fears vanish! You run for you as I do for me, we deserve it, we have earned it and we'll jolly well do it. Gosh how lucky are we in being able to run (health wise, fitness etc.) So many people can't through no fault of their own so while we can we must 😊😊😊😊😊
Well done Fab! That July calendar looks hear and I’m sure you’ll smash August. Can I suggest you use different colour pens for runs and workouts as an even clearer visual confirmation of your progress. I just love your positive posts - of course 5 minutes is fine but how many of us actually use that?! (Not)parkrun isn’t helping me as I want to post a time so go out for 5k the first run of the week ✅ then always feel “I might be better this time” so repeat it twice more just in case!! I need to chill and be a bit more Fab! Good luck for August (as if you need it)
Hey Sybilw!! Thanks so much. Absolutely, I will certainly do that!! I have another colour ready now!! 🤗🤗
The 5 minute rule is really just a neat mind trick! It gets me moving because it doesn’t feel like a big deal and then 🧚🏽♂️....the real me shows up!! 😂😂😉!!
You’re always amazing Sybilw!! 🤗 Nothing wrong with doing a few more 5k’s!! That’s a very neat mind trick too! 😉We’re out there! 🙌🏽❤️
Love this "Can do" mindset Fabulous! 🙂👍 There is nothing like physically ticking off a run sometimes and I love the motivational quotes on your calendar too! Keep it up and good luck!
Thanks so much Sandraj39!! 🤗!! Being in this forum has been the smartest move I’ve made, alongside starting running, of course. I’m certainly not perfect and that’s a big part of my enjoyment in running. I don’t have to be perfect...I can even be rubbish🤣....but it’s still a run and I can do it too!!🙌🏽 ❤️
Fab idea, Fab!! You can definitely do this and it will set you up for more regular runs in the autumn. I'm on week 3 of HIIT every morning thanks to your inspiration & the 'sourdough bread baby' (my lockdown pounds) is beginning to flatten 😁! Run girl run!
I’m really happy to hear your HITT is going so well!! Go you! 🤩🤩🤩!! Yes...movement has started feeling much easier and lighter. I don’t feel quite so much like a baby elephant 🐘 doing ballet🩰 . Strength, health, fitness and wellbeing has finally started to re-emerge out of lockdown. 👀😁
Go Fab! You’ll make it through, you know you will, and what a great start to the month! I’m like you though - I tried to imagine a 2p piece and nah, it wouldn’t have stayed put! 😅😅
Thanks so much Cheeky!! 🤗 Hey...no harm in having at least one win, every single day!! And getting that win at the start of the day 😁...well...no matter how the rest goes, it can’t be taken away!! 😉
The 2p achievement may need to be a later mission!! 😂😂❤️
Woo hoo! Loving being back in the zone with you Fabz 👊🤗🦋 I will be thinking of us running on the same days, and that thought will be motivating, just as your posts always are ❤️💖🦋
Aah thanks Flar!! 🦋 I’ll have 2 or 3 runs per week on this plan. As I started today, I already have a rest day tomorrow too 😂. We will have lots of fun Flar!! 😉❤️
I love your positive posts and mindset! I have a new mantra this year "Progress, not perfection ". It really helps me because I don't worry anymore about not already being where I want to be health wise but recognising each thing I do is helping on the way no matter how small.
Sounds like you have it all worked out Fabulous450 ...and you sound so excited about it too...what’s not to love? You’re doing what’s working for you and that’s what running’s all about isn’t it...and finishing a run on a high is the best xx I’m pulling on my running gear later, your enthusiasm has got me xx
Thanks so much Mummycav!! 🤗 I am excited about it 😂! I’m excited that I’ve built up that ‘go, no matter what’ mindset and I’m going to be unleashing it!!
Brilliant! I'm hoping this will be the month I get back out there too. A new neighbour has done C25k and will hopefully drag me out with her when she goes running...
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A Treadmill 2k run today 
