Uninspired run

[johnt46]

Decided to try a new route, wanting to extend my distance eventually to 10 Miles. I mapped out an "add on" 5K to my usual local routes, this meant a lot of road work with a lot more traffic, which I normally try to avoid. I wasn't enjoying it at all, but knew I would eventually join a path which I sometimes travelled in the summer. This made an uninspiring boring run into a wonderful autumnal one finishing with doing 6K . I will have to rethink my route for increasing to 10 miles though, even if it means doubling up on some stretches of my usual routes🤗

[damienair Administrator]

Well done. They are beautiful photo's. Good luck on your longer runs.

Damien

[johnt46 Graduate10 in reply to damienair]

Thanks , it was a welcome site after the road work! Think I will stick to my usual routes and double up in places.

[Andy14st9lbs Graduate10]

Top work, John...agree with Damien, those are lovely pictures, must be great running down those sheltered tracks through all that lovely green foliage.

[johnt46 Graduate10 in reply to Andy14st9lbs]

Thanks Andy , Good to see you back, and on the road to recovery. Keep up the good work🤗

[Andy14st9lbs Graduate10 in reply to johnt46]

Thanks John...great to hear you are clocking up some serious mileage, would love to be able to do that again, but I'm knackered after 5k now, so 10k plus seems a long way off at the minute, but a positive prognosis would be a real boost for that 10k target 😜

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

Great effort working to 10 miles, it does take a lot of route planning unless you are willing to do loops. Who would know 10miles is so much longer than 10k 🤣🤣. Remember to add an extra bit to your 16k for the full 10 miles. Happy running 🤗

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Those photos are beautiful how lucky to run there

[johnt46 Graduate10]

Would You believe it is down the side of a power station literally 100metres away!🤣but absolutely beautiful through the seasons

[CBDB Graduate10]

Gorgeous pics... now how to map a route that avoids the boring sections but keeps this stretch? 🧐

Yes, I’m also considering what going up to 10k means for my route and as my current 5k route is simply gorgeous, I’m also considering doubling up. But not ideal.

[Buddy34 Graduate10]

New run routes( my favourite) . It looks beautiful in the photos. Good luck getting to 10 miles 😊

[johnt46 Graduate10]

Thank you

[Jools2020 Graduate10]

Well done! I found it wasn’t ideal adding bits here and there onto my established routes for shorter runs, but initially it was a necessary part of the process. For my first 10 mile run, I hedged my bets (in case I couldn’t make it!) so much, that I ended up running past my house 4 times. I vowed that the next time would be different. I had a look at plotaroute.com and worked out the perfect 10 mile run. This meant I had to commit to it, which was a bit scary, but once committed I enjoyed the run much more knowing I didn’t have to double up or nip down side streets 😀

[johnt46 Graduate10]

I think I can do ten miles , but a lot of it would be on uneven grass banking and uneven ground along the Trent Bank good for ankle strength I know but hard to maintain an even pace even taking it steady, and i have a balance problem! But a long way off me thinks. the furthest I've done is 12k, then I started with sore throats etc., so had about 10 days off, then the 10K vitality event was coming up and didn't want to jeopardise my first bit of bling 😂