10k hilly one and Strava fail 😤

[Sandie1961]

It was quite a cool morning with a nice breeze so I decided to try a different route and go for my first 10k run, and longest run, for almost 2 months. Slogged up the hill, then thought I’d try a different route so turned off at the crossroads to see where the road went. As I went further and further downhill I thought to myself “uh oh I’m going to regret this on the way back”. Anyway, I veered off into the vines rather than end up on the main road and headed back towards Monbazillac. Yep, I regretted it alright! That is one heck of a hill. Sadly Strava decided to give up on me at 5.7k but thank goodness I was doing NRC 10k guided run. Stats - 10k in 1:11:19, 209m of elevation. Km 3 had 82m of downhill and km 6 had 76m of uphill. Told you it was a steep one didn’t I?

Photo taken at the bottom of the hill. Our house is just behind the water tower you can see on the skyline!

Happy Monday 😃🏃‍♀️

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Gorgeous Sandie! Imagine how much quicker these hills will make you when you’re back in flat Lincs! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

Brilliant run - bad tech! 😀🎉

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Thanks Cheeky. Can’t believe how much my legs ache now!

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10 in reply to Sandie1961]

Ahhh, but I bet it’s a good ache though! 💪

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10]

That's a fantastic time on the flat. Really amazing for hilly terrain. Lovely photos. Raining here!

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to BaddieThePirate]

The first half was much quicker than the second half 😂 It really was a v-shaped run! Sun’s out here again now after a cooler day yesterday and a thunderstorm on Saturday lunchtime, but a bit of respite on the temperature until it goes back up

to the high 30s later in the week 🥵

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to Sandie1961]

😎

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

What a lovely run Sandie, and like us , hills are not plentiful in Lincoln so you don’t get a lot of practice at home.

You are such a strong runner now and your time for a hilly run is still faster than my flat PB. It will be interesting to see how much you improve over the next month.

Enjoy. 🏃‍♀️🍷 🇫🇷 🍇

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

Not sure I want to do that one again 😂 I will do some more hill repeats though!

[Buddy34 Graduate10]

Beautiful photos Sandie. All your running has made you strong and got you up those hills. You'll want to do it again then 🤣

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to Buddy34]

Erm, well, maybe not this week 😂Glute ache 😖

[Katnap Graduate10]

A bit of editing or manual input will put you right again on Strava 😁👍

[lexi6 Graduate10]

Wow! Great hill running Sandie, love the photos. 😊