8k !??? 😳 8k!!! 👍🏽

[CBDB]

8k and feeling it. I feel fine but I seem to always get a bit stiff after returning from a run, even after giving myself a good stretch, and then just attending to my stats and sneaking onto this forum for 5min, just those 5 min or so are enough to feel stiff when getting up to shower.

But I did 8k!!!! Only 2 more to go to hit the magic 10k!

It was a rainy run, passing dog walkers with Santa Clause hats, discovering new backlane paths with trees decorated with baubles and shoppers giving me the thumbs up!

Such a lovely way to spend a Sat morning!

Happy running everyone!

[nowster Graduate10]

Intriguing photo. Is that a former railway line in Cheshire?

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to nowster]

It is! And is part of my future long circular run route of about 11.5k! So I am really lucky!

[nowster Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

You've plotted out a 10k route already too? 🤪

We don't have any disused railways round here, but my first 10k route has a canal for the third quarter of it. I'll need to walk it at some point before running it to check out the suitability of the path that comes just before the canal section.

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to nowster]

Yes, my final route will also include a canal path. And my plan is to walk the other way around in the next 3 weeks, as my next long run on the magic plan is another 8k, so I’ve got a bit of time. It’s funny though, how we do not dare run some new routes before walking them! It feels the runs are too precious. But are the walks accordingly not? Strange! 🤣🤣

[David_G]

Well done on your 8K CBDB 👍 you’re so near to 10K now. It’s another fantastic milestone on your running journey. Good luck getting there!Sounds like a lovely run too. 👏👏

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to David_G]

Thank you! It was, and I’m amazed still how much I want to run in the mornings!

[Littleoyellow Graduate10]

Great going CBDB! I feel your pain with the late stretching- those stats seem more important at the time 😬🤣 Although stretching the distance IS challenging the body so a few aches and pains are excusable 😁👍 you did it! 8k!

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Littleoyellow]

😂👍🏽🙏 Yes, and the stiffness does go away. My thinking is that it’s the body going into recovery mode. 💪👍🏽

[Littleoyellow Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

I'll remember that next time I'm aching after extending my distance 😁👍🏃‍♀️keep on keeping on CBDB 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

[GailXrunning]

Fabulous milestone achievement and an enjoyable run by the sounds of it. Well done!

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to GailXrunning]

Thank you! 🙏👍🏽

[Beatlesforever Graduate10]

Woohoo 🤸‍♀️🎉💪 that's really amazing!! Very well done 👏👏👏 it really is not that much more to 10k. Enjoy it 😃🎄🎅

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Beatlesforever]

Will do! Thanks! 👍🏽🙏💪🦵🏃🏻‍♀️

[Elfe5 60minGraduate]

Woohoo 8k!👍🏻😄 Very well done.I stiffen exactly as you describe...and blame my age!! 🙄😂 On better organised days I stretch while looking at stats!!

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Elfe5]

Ahhh stretching and stats-ing! 🤣🤣👍🏽

[Bambi2020 Graduate10]

Well done- great distance 👍🏻 I’m on 7k at the moment and I’m definitely starting to feel the stiffness creeping in too

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Bambi2020]

Yeah! At this distance we probably have to take stretching and flexibility more seriously. 👍🏽🙏

[dijep Graduate10]

Congratulations on your 8k 😊 I have to stop myself going on here till after stretches and a shower or I'm loving having a bath after the longer runs. Hope the stiffness wears off quickly. And it sounds a great run and very festive 🎄☃️🎅

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to dijep]

Yeah! Longer bath sounds great but we only had space for a shower 🚿 ☹️. I never took a bath when we had one, and once I had started to run I now think it might be nice to have one again! 😂

[dijep Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

I know how you feel I used to think all my bath was for was too collect dust and spiders 🤣But now I'm really enjoying using it after those runs.

[Buddy34 Graduate10]

Great 8k CBDB. Well done. I find walking helps with any stiffness . 👏👏👏💪🎄🎄

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Buddy34]

Thanks. Yeah I always add 5min walking at the end, but still... I think my muscles are just needing some time to get used to the longer distance. Thanks 🙏 😊☺️

[Oldgirlruns Graduate10]

Huge well done CBDB! I did 8km yesterday and was a stiff as a board afterwards - I always put it down to age! But fortunately it does wear off!

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Oldgirlruns]

Good to know I’m not the only one! I will myself to put it down to the body telling me it’s registered this distance and after a recover period is ready for the next! 🤣🤣

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

Fantastic run, that was great. Keep moving to stop seizing up. That 10k goal is just around the corner. Happy running 🤗

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs]

Ok 👌🏼 so not flopping onto the couch after having had my shower? 🤣🤣🛋📚🗞

[Grannyhugs Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

Flop away, just with little bouts of walking around, maybe for some sustenance 🤣

[Hidden]

Fabulous CBDB, the magic plan is working its magic 🏃‍♀️😻🤗

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Certainly is! 🪄🧚🏃🏻‍♀️

[Jools2020 Graduate10]

Brilliant, well done 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️👏👏👏

I love my bath after a long run. I try to be disciplined when I arrive home. Definitely stretches! Often with a glass of water and a snack. Then I try to have breakfast before looking at my stats (I often fail and have a quick look!)

Sync watch and long soak in the bath. Oh yes! 😍

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Jools2020]

Thank you! Yes, I might just have rethink our bathroom! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

Getting into a hot bubbly bath after a long run is just ..... heaven !

[Hidden]

Fantastic CBDB. Lovely to see you are running through my native Cheshire countryside😊. Epsom salts in the bath work wonders for soaking tired muscles. 🤗

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you! It’s a lovely area here, so I’m waving to you from your native region. 👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽☺️

[RunBrianRun Graduate10]

If you can stand it the best cure I’ve found for stiffness is to have a cold shower. Or if is just your legs then just hold the shower head onto them. Do this pretty soon after getting back and hold the shower for a good while. It’s 🥶 but worth it 👍

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to RunBrianRun]

Right! Sounds cold but I will try this on my legs for my next 8k. Would be so great if this would work for me! Thank you!!!

[RunBrianRun Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

I hope it works for you 👍

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to RunBrianRun]

Tried this this morning, after a 4K. A shorter run where normally I don’t feel very stiff anyway, but I think this worked as my legs felt better than usual! Thank you!

[RunBrianRun Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

Oh great news. It really helps reduce inflammation and pain and I do this after all long or fast runs now. 👍

[Peter44 Graduate10]

Well done on that 8k run 👏 interesting reading everyones comments, about the stiffness afterwards, i've also been doing one longer run, each week, same stiffness, glad it's not just me, i put it down to age, and maybe still pretty new to this running malarky!!! 🤣

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Peter44]

Yes, I assume once we’re running 20km, then 8km will not give us a bother anymore! 🤣🤣🤣

But seriously, I do find 5kms - which were my weekly long run not so long ago - don’t make me stiff anymore.

Great stuff! 💪🦵👍🏽🙏

[Peter44 Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

Blimey, 20km!!! 🥵🥵🥵I'll let you know!!! 🤣

[Lifluf Graduate10]

What a lovely run CBDB. Its so cold and damp at the moment I think maybe it seizes up the muscles as soon as you stop.

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Lifluf]

Yes, good point! So maybe it’s a diff’t experience in the summer.

[Ant50 Graduate10]

When I get back from a long run, I usually have a long soak in a hot bath, I find that has really helped prevent post run stiffness and aches. Maybe worth a try? Well done on the 8k by the way !

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Ant50]

We don’t have a bath ☹️, rather only a shower 🚿. So that might at the moment not be an option. But will make a note. Thank you! 🙏👏👍🏽

[Ant50 Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

Ah -OK that makes it slightly more challenging then ! 😀

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Ant50]

Not impossible, though. Hmmm we have a bathtub in the garden for the geese we never got.... hmmmm... self-made hot-tub? 🤣🤣

[Ant50 Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

Now that sounds like a DIY challenge if ever I heard one ! 😂

[WeavingWonk Graduate10]

Well done!

Oh, how I can relate to the achiness! I ache all the time anyway, but any run over 5k exacerbates it temporarily. But I still love it! I figure it's just me getting stronger. At one point 5k did this to me. Now 5k doesn't make me seize up. Maybe one day the same will be true for 10k!

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to WeavingWonk]

Yes, exactly! 👍🏽💪👏

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10]

Well done , great achievement 💪 keep going 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️👌A fortunate route you have too

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to RacingintheStreet]

Thank you, yes! 🙏👍🏽💪

[Forest_Run_Beginner Graduate10]

Well done CBDB, that's absolutely brilliant. 10K is so close for you now, you'll be running it before you know it. And think of all the new places this will open up for you, isn't it exciting.

Well done again

😊👏👏💪🏃‍♀️💥🍾🥂🎊🎉

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Forest_Run_Beginner]

🙏😊 yes, I can see 10k approaching now! 👍🏽