LEJOG5 Day 1 and Magic Plan W4 8k 🎆

😅 Finally got round to posting my first LEJOG5 and Magic Plan run. I have to convert my km to miles in order to upload the evidence for LEJOG. Hopefully I'll be better at km to mile conversion after a year of this!

According to the LEJOG map my virtual self is just north east of Catchall. I'm there on the map somewhere! Meanwhile my real self and Isla, my cockapoo had a lovely walk this morning before she headed to the groomers (looking lovely now!) and then an 8k from the Magic Plan this evening. It looks odd seeing my distance in miles in the photograph, as I now think completely in terms of kms for everything to do with running now 😊.

I have enjoyed reading all the LEJOG posts today. Everyone's doing brilliantly! 🌟

[CBDB Graduate10]

Oh fabulous!! Love the pics! 👏🏾🙏 🖼 and what a brilliant start. Oh, I’m so looking forward to your future posts! 😍🏃🏿‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️See you on tour!

[Timotea Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

Great photo collage. Yes it’s a bore the mile thing. 3.2miles does not sound as good a 5k! Happy running.

[Hidden in reply to Timotea]

I know 🥺 going from km to Miles is a bit deflating numbers wise, but then think how high the km distance would be - 1406.567 kilometres!!! I’m glad it’s in miles now 😆

[Timotea Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Gosh....not sure.........1406.567 Kms does sound phenomenal! Better go and do a few walks today.

[Hidden in reply to CBDB]

Thank you 😊. I know my local scenery is a little different to that area of Cornwall. I’m wondering when/if our virtual route takes us along the coast? I might be tempted to jump in the car and do a real run by the sea 🌊.

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

I think you’ll pass quite a few beaches during the first week (or weekS for tortoises 🐢 like me), so plenty of opportunity! 🏖🌊

[Blackberrypie Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

I was a bit disappointed by my first streetview photo, it was a bit of a dull stretch of A30 - hope that there will be better views along the route. Though I imagine a more scenic route would be longer...

[Lizzibeth78]

I’ve set Strava to miles but my Garmin is still recording Km. I’m like you, everything to to do with running is in Km. It was strange seeing it in miles on strava - although it did tell me I’d run my quickest 15k 😂

I also signed up to do the virtual great north run on 13th sept so been trying to increase how far I run. My furthest run was 16k so I thought it’s only another 5K on top. I must be mad.

[Hidden in reply to Lizzibeth78]

Mad? No! You’ve just become run-crazy 🤪, that’s all! I think it’s a wonderful target to set yourself. Go for it!

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10]

Nice start... 8 is easy to convert as it’s 5 almost exactly... same with 16km runs in a little while 🤣

[Hidden in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Teehee 😜

[Roxdog Graduate10]

Well done on that 8k! That must have felt great, plus a great pace for such a long run! I know what you mean about converting the distances, Strava gives me miles, which I have to convert to K! I love the way you just casually dropped into your post that you ran 8k!

Doing 2 challenges at once, the LeJog and magic plan, is keeping you busy!

About to go out for an early morning dog walk myself, no running today for me. Take care.

[Hidden in reply to Roxdog]

Thank you Roxdog 😊. There wasn’t anything casual about the 8k 😅!! It was hard work. The first 1k was fine as it’s slightly downhill, but it was hard going for the first half and I got slower and slower. Then my legs found their happy pace and I did the rest in negative splits - it must have been the late blackberries I found 😉 😋 !

Enjoy your dog walk. It’s Pilates and dog walking for me too today 😊

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

That’s a great start and love to see your photos

[Hidden in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thank you 🙏🏼! How’s Willow’s injury?

[Scruff55 60minGraduate]

Good going DD. Nice to think there might be a few beach runs ahead (virtual of course) keep posting the pics they look great. Happy running 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

[Blackberrypie Graduate10]

Great start and good work on the 8k, you're really flying through that magic plan! I'm hoping to join the September Magic plan and get my distances up too. I have my garmin linked to mapmyrun in miles so I can get my screenshots without all the messing around with conversion (I decided against using the strava option as I prefer sharing runs with followers only)

[Hidden in reply to Blackberrypie]

I agree, I only share Strava with two other people and this forum is the only social media thing I do. The switching to miles in Garmin to take the quick screenshot was easier for me to cope with than I thought 🙃, so I shall just stick with that .

Good luck with the Magic Plan - it really does what it says! I did the timed version first to reach 60 minutes (I managed 7.9k), then after advice from ju-ju and others I joined the distance version of the plan at week 4, which was yesterday's 8k run. I'm glad I did the timed version first - it was a good transition from consolidation, and then moving onto the distance version afterwards has been another good transitional step. I'm really enjoying it.

[Blackberrypie Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

I confess I haven't been consolidating properly - snuck in a 7k last week so hopefully I'm in a good place for the distance version.

[Hidden]

I've always preferred miles 😂😂😂

Well done though, I like the way you have got it all into a collage! Keep on going!

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Thank you GTFC! I like making up the collages 😃. Hopefully they will get a little more artistic as I go along 📸🖼🎨!

[Over62]

I agree my head only works in K. Google is great for converting!

Great start love the graphics

[Hidden in reply to Over62]

Thank you! I'm enjoying a rest day today - 🐾 dog walks for the miles on LEJOG and 🧘🏼‍♀️ yoga for the legs!

[Blackberrypie Graduate10]

I have been taking a virtual saunter along the route on streetview (navigation is easy once you find the A30 , quite interesting to see what the route looks like.

[Hidden in reply to Blackberrypie]

That’s a great idea! Might do the same 😃

[Fionamags Graduate10]

Going great there - great start with your 8k!

[Hidden in reply to Fionamags]

Thank you 😊

[David_G]

Well done Delly-dot, I’m on LEJOG4 so I started about 16 days before you🙂 I love the challenge so far and there are so many of us on here taking part🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ Good luck to you and everyone else🙂👍🤞

[Hidden in reply to David_G]

Isn’t a brilliant idea. I’m loving all the chats and company. Long may it continue 😊

[Fabulous450 Graduate10]

Fantastic Delly-dot!! 🤩🤩! Look at you at position 81!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽💥!! Sounds like you’re off with gusto!!

Love the photo!! Enjoy Catchall! Sounds as though it’s a fleeting visit! 😁🤩❤️

[Hidden in reply to Fabulous450]

Hi Fabulous! I enjoyed that 81st position while it lasted 😉..... 😂

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

🤫 Never say never Delly-dot!! 81st it is!! 😉🤗🤗❤️