Fabulous450 & The Need For Speed? 🏃🏽‍♀️🤪❤️

[Fabulous450]

Hey Runners

Just finished Day 4 of my August quest, which is to keep on doing home exercising and get back to regular running. So, I started a running plan on my App!

Well, today it went all kinds of wrong for me 🤯, but I carried on. I was meant to do 6 sessions of 200 Mtrs at high speed. I started off going for it!! Numbers were in the region of 5.1 for pace. Then, I was pondering how long 200 mtrs really is, because it started to feel a bit tough. Then oooh isn’t it the next lap yet? I was still on lap 1.

So thinking it’s a guided run of some description 🙄, and I must have missed the buzz to say your 200mtrs is done. I pressed lap 2 and went again, but same thing (No buzz, no idea how far I’d run 🤪). I started to guess the 200 mtrs and press the next lap myself, because the distance doesn’t reset when you press for a new lap either.

I did it, but with quite a bit of frustration 😣. I was settled by the last round though!! 😂😂😂 What that is going to tell my App coach?.....God knows! I went out, I guess! ✅

The quest is still in tact and that’s what matters most!!

Happy running Runners! ❤️

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

😂😂 Love those random intervals Fabulous450!🙄 - but they all show that you were out there giving it your all! So, yes Quest still on, big ✔️on your calendar - well done! 💪🙂

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

Thanks so much Sandraj39!! 🤗🤗 I decided best not get into a strop about it. But the coach was definitely out to lunch!! 😂😂! We shall run on!! ✅😁❤️

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Oh Fabulous, I admire you! My brain has gone into a confused meltdown 🤪! I find all the times/stats/laps so confusing because I haven't tried anything like intervals yet, or any other app apart from C25k for that matter, although it is on my to do list for later on.

I shall follow your posts in the hope that you can help me to start understanding how it works 😉. Which app are you using btw? I have a Garmin watch so I know I have plans to access via that at some point.

You might be thinking it went all kinds of wrong, but it looks like you worked hard to me! ⭐️

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Hey Delly-dot!! 🙌🏽 Thanks so much. My adventures are very random 😳😂😂, but I share because I think it’s ok to find what works for you. I’m working on that all the time too! 🥴😂😂!

You know what?....it’s all about being loose and free for me. And along the way, I’ve just had some very nice ‘who’s that girl?’ surprises 😉! I just love that I can do it, every time I go out there. I’m not always too sure about that before I go out there either 😵, so it really is a win every time! 🙌🏽 With a plan you can get more and more excited every time I go!! Well that’s the plan at the moment anyway! 😆

I’m using Nike’s NRC app! It’s usually very good for me, but I have had some runs that have been a bit 🤨! And....this was one of them. Though 🤔....I wouldn’t rule out this being totally human error!! 😂

Proof, you really don’t have to be perfect to run! Go for it and enjoy!! 😁❤️

[Sybilw Graduate10]

Well it’s always eventful with you Fab! Brush it off and move on. Tech is so useful but only if it/you works!! 😆

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Sybilw]

Hey Sybilw!! 🙌🏽 Thanks so much 🤗. Sticking with the plan is the going to be the great achievement for me this month. So, that’s another ✅!! I’m very happy about that! ❤️

[Beatlesforever Graduate10]

Yay well done, even if it didn't go as planned, it looks like you had a great workout! 💪 I've only ever tried setting something up on runkeeper once and it went all sorts of weird so now I do random fartlek if I want to go for intervals - a lot easier without tech 😂😂

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Beatlesforever]

Thanks so much Beatlesforever!! 🤗 Yes I agree, I did get it done, in a very odd kind of way, but done all the same. ✅ I’m happy about that!! Believe it or not my next run is just 50 mtrs 😲. I guess it must be for a wise reason. So I’m just going with it!! 😂! Enjoy the random fartlek’s, I think they’re great to switch things up a bit too! ❤️

[Katnap Graduate10]

200m is a long way when running at top speed! Well done Fabulous!

🐱 Katnap 🐱

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Katnap]

Thank you 🤗, yes you’re right... and it doesn’t help when you go way over that distance before you stop either! 😂😂 Then it was under the distance, of course 😬. Talk about poor judgement 🙃. I just expected some sort of confirmation of where I was at🥴. I survived! 😂😂❤️

[Katnap Graduate10 in reply to Fabulous450]

Nevermind! I'm sure you now have a 'segment' you can use 🤣

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Katnap]

🤣! I’m making it the apps problem now. Apparently it adjusts as you go along according to your data. Well...take that app! 😆😁❤️

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10]

Do I call you Maverick now? Great job getting it done. For reasons unknown they’ve never put alerts in this one... I find it best to measure out the required distance before I start the run... 200m is a lot further than we imagine, I find it the hardest distance to visualise... but now in now it’s from one side of the local duck pond at the bench, the the one on the other side, and the rest is long enough to walk round to the start again.

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Thank you. My mental measuring wasn’t great! Maverick suits!! 🤣🤣! It’s a windy path in the park, so it wasn’t that easy to judge. My little school race track vision served me well on my last run. I almost got that right. Actually, I think I tried to run 200 mtrs on one sports day.....Let’s not talk about it!! 🤣😁❤️

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10 in reply to Fabulous450]

I got put in the 100m by my housemaster for some reason... we lost that, and the 1500 & 3000 that I’d spent years training for... don’t think he wanted to win that cup 🤣

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Ooh that was a bad move then!! 😬!! ❤️

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10 in reply to Fabulous450]

Completely crazy... I did wonder why they’d bothered getting me a coach! Years later I saw Sir Mo not win over 100m too, so finally I felt better!

[lexi6 Graduate10]

Rocket powered Fab! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😊

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to lexi6]

Thanks so much Lexi6! 🤗 Definitely different that’s for sure!! 😉❤️

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Well done for carrying on, it’s rotten when you don’t get buzzed to slow down speed up or whatever, better luck next one

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thanks so much WillowandSola!! 🤗 Yes, I’d need a very different kind of skill to run high speed (my high speed!😆) and keep an eye on how far I’ve run too. Could get messy!! 😂❤️

[Flaraflarkin Graduate10]

Wow that is some speed Fabz!!👊👊 You're doing great with the plan, loving your mojo 💖🦋

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Flaraflarkin]

Thanks so much Flar!! 🤗 I’m back on it, so I’m going to go with whatever comes or doesn’t 😂. Keep on keeping on Flar! 🦋 ❤️.

[Slinkymalinki Graduate10]

How bizarre and frustrating! But hey, you got out there so are definitely the winner 🏆! Hope the app behaved itself next time. I'm waiting for some Afterschokz to arrive in the hope that I might try an app or listen to podcasts to distract me from how far or fast (slow!) I'm going. 😁

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Slinkymalinki]

Thanks so much Slinkymalinki!! 🤗! It was a bit off putting because I never look when I’m running, but I had to try to. There’s definitely a little glitch in the experience when you just press start and do the planned runs. Apart from the start there was nothing more. No buzz, no keep going, no well done!

Weeeellll, I had to just congratulate myself for getting it almost right on the last lap!! 😂😂😂!

I’m sure the Afterschoks will be great. I haven’t progressed to naked runs on purpose. That’s only happened when I failed to charge up fully. But, I soon learnt!! 😉😁!! Ah it’s all part of the adventure Slinkymalinki!! Good run, rubbish run, it’s a run!! I can always smile (and laugh) at that!!

Run on we shall!! 🏃🏽‍♀️🤩❤️