B210K (Time) completed . My best ‘Worst Run’ to date 😂😂🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

[RacingintheStreet]

There’s no doubt that between weather, back to work part time and resulting lack of routine that my runs are far from the halcyon days of C25K’s ‘run, rest, run’ .

So as today was a sunny , fairly mild and dry winters afternoon I thought I’d better get going.

Really I should only have been running a 55 minutes, but Having spent a whole 50 minutes running with a scowl on my face I was determined to get 5/10 minutes of ‘nice’ 😣😣

Really I could have finished at 25 minutes , nothing seemed good or right, albeit the day was lovely , my route quiet etc.

I have never, since starting C25K, given up on a run so it was sheer pride ( or ego 🙈) that made me continue . I thought I could maybe at least do 30 mins 🤷🏼‍♀️

I re routed down the beach road to ‘buck myself up’ with some new sights or distractions which only marginally improved things.

I thought I had ‘niggles’ everywhere 😀 but also knew I was well hydrated and stretched 🤷🏼‍♀️.

I got to 50 minutes just by getting each 5 minute period done.

Then lo and behold the ‘struggle’ diminished and of course the 55 was a ‘goer’ 💪😂🏃🏻‍♀️

Having been as ‘miserable as sin’ for 55 minutes there was no way that extra 5 minutes wasn’t getting done 😂😂.

So 60 minutes completed but I was certainly less than euphoric 🤷🏼‍♀️

I spent 5 minutes walking home thinking about how I was going to write up this post about my most horrid, miserable, nearly ‘threw the towel in’ run.

Got back checked the Garmin and found it’s probably one of my best 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️😂😂

Photo of stats, lovely late afternoon and scowl almost gone .

If I look like a startled rabbit in this photo , you should see the rest 😂😂🐰🐰🐒

[nowster Graduate10]

Ten out of ten for dogged persistence. 👍

Today's run felt hard for me too but, looking back at the stats, it was probably one of my best to date. There must be something in the air. 😉

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to nowster]

Is Jupiter or Mercury ‘doing something’ 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️😂😂 or maybe the gremlins are on ‘time and a half’

[LottieMW Ambassador]

Well it may have been a shitty one...but you’ve run nonstop for 60 minutes!!! 👍🙌🏼👊🥳🌟🎊🎉💥💃🏻

Go get your badge!

It is weird though when you finish a run...but don’t have that euphoria ☹️ I felt ill after my very first 5k, and it really put a downer on the whole thing.

I’m hoping to dodge the weather and run my 2nd 55 minutes tomorrow...which will line me up for my 60 minutes on Xmas day 🤞🏼🎄

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to LottieMW]

Good luck with the next run 💪 hope it’s a little more joyous than mine .😂Just one of those things 🤷🏼‍♀️

Still , it’s not put me off , now wondering how to get my last speed run in tomorrow 😂😂

[LottieMW Ambassador in reply to RacingintheStreet]

Did my 55 minutes today...will post later. Now having to rethink my Xmas day run as Wales has gone into lockdown as from midnight. Although we can go out to exercise as often as we want...it should be from your front door. I will have to run around the hilly mean streets of cwmbran for an hour...help!

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to LottieMW]

Aha! But you’re now more than a match for those mean streets 👌🏃🏻‍♀️😂

[LottieMW Ambassador in reply to RacingintheStreet]

😂😂😂 It will be a real test!

[GailXrunning]

Well done! A great achievement to survive this experience. You’ve got some grit there... and it’s a moment when ego has an important role. So glad that you turned it around in the final minutes. 🙌 Much better than the whole run being a scowler. What do you think was up? The shift in your daily life? The news? Or just one of those unexplainable things?

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to GailXrunning]

Thanks😂 the scowl runs in the family I think ( on my side , my mother & daughters have it too 😂) Anyway , I think it was a ‘series of unfortunate events’ as Lemony Snicket might say 🤷🏼‍♀️

I got away from work late, I knew I might get this run in but my fault , I faffed about . So I was a good half hour late in warming up and getting out , then everything just annoyed me , people ( just for existing🤷🏼‍♀️ And being on my route , although really there weren’t many 😂😂) . Niggles in calf and hamstring and then doubts crept in .

I really couldn’t face not finishing so just kept at it .

Some time later though I remembered that my new Bluetooth headphones played up early on and I had to ditch my music and actually that’s a ‘Biggy’ for me .

Although I run in a beautiful, scenic coastal area , I like music or ‘audio company’ when I run . I ‘m quite a reflective soul (when not immersed in scowling) .

Runs like this happen and I think you have to just accept and move on , could’ve done without it though 🙄🙄.

Still onwards and upwards as long as I keep wanting to do it I’ll be happy........... ( mostly 😣😂)

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

Well done reaching your 1st 60 min run, I'd call it shear bloody mindedness- I've had a few of those runs. You've done this in a bad mood, imagine how joyous it will be next time you repeat it knowing with certainty it is possible. Happy running 🤗

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs]

😂😂 .... yes it kind of was , the very thought of giving up 😱😨.If I wasn’t so cross it would have been quite funny 😂🏃🏻‍♀️

[CBDB Graduate10]

Big thumbs up!!! Yes, sometimes it takes quite a while to get into the „running flow“ but it sounds like you found it in the end! 👏💪👍🏽🏃🏻‍♀️

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

Thank you 😂 and yes I was determined to at least get 10 mins of ‘flow’ and ‘happy’ 😂

[Jools2020 Graduate10]

Well done! To run for a whole hour is really special. Even if it felt like your worst run for a while there! 👏👏👏👏🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️👍

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Jools2020]

Thank you Jools . Yes the good thing is there is so much shared experience here that it helps to keep things in perspective . Some runs are good and some are ‘horrid’ but it’s all running . 60 minutes of running feels good in terms of having actually accomplished it too 😀

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to RacingintheStreet]

And it should! When I did my first 60 minute run, I realised that anything was possible. Fast forward a few months and I ran a half marathon. 👍

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Jools2020]

That’s excellent 👌 yes, it’s quite amazing what we can achieve if we just test ourselves a little . As I ‘age’ I take delight in this 😀😈

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to RacingintheStreet]

Me, too! 😊

[Dups Graduate10]

Well done on running for 60 minutes 💪👏

You might have felt like it was the worst run, but there are many positives in that run.

You ran 60 minutes

You didn’t throw the towel in

Garmin said one of your best runs

And you get your new badge

So enjoy and celebrate your achievement 👏👏🍷

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Dups]

Thank you Dups, yes I brightened up once I saw what I’d achieved . Not exactly stellar, but good in terms of where I am as a new runner.The scowl has disappeared and the badge is rather nice 😂😂

[Beatlesforever Graduate10]

Yay well done for persevering, it paid off in the end! 😆🎉🍾💪

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Beatlesforever]

Yes , thanks . I’m quite chuffed I kept going . Hopefully I can improve and enjoy the next ones 😂🏃🏻‍♀️😂

[Speedy60 Graduate10]

Well done. Not every run can be a good run, but every run is part of the journey. 💕

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Speedy60]

That’s for sure 👌😂 usually there’s some wee nugget of learning for the next one too 👌🏃🏻‍♀️😀

[Peter44 Graduate10]

Congratulations on your 60 min run, i've had a few like that, hard to explain really, when others have been easy, or at least more enjoyable! I think stuff going on in life, has a big effect sometimes, anyway, hope your next one feels better! 😀

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Peter44]

Thank you, yes if you’re frame of mind isn’t quite right anyway it doesn’t help . Although sometimes a run does help 🤷‍♀️

The thing is to move on quickly and not ruminate 🙂🙏

[Pnegirl Graduate10]

Wow, well done Racingingthesteeet and congratulations! Your determination and perseverance is so inspiring and its amazing that you've not once given up on a run. That is fantastic! The colours in the sky are gorgeous and it's lovely to see a selfie too to put a face to a username 🙂. I see you've got your shiny new badge already so I hope you wear it with pride. I also hope your upcoming runs aren't as trying as this one, though with it also being one of your best, that might not necessarily be a bad thing either! Ps. No scowling allowed now 😁

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Pnegirl]

😂😂 The scowling is genetic ( from my mother 😂😂 passed down 👌)Thanks I’m delighted to have done it , never easy but I’m getting there .

Think I need to hang around 60 mins and consolidate it , sometimes it’s easy to fall into the idea that I can just keep ‘adding on’ but I’m still new to it so need to ‘cool my jets’ 😂😂

I’m so not of the selfie generation 😂😂 but yes it’s nice to see everyone .

I’m late replying , hope all is good with you and that you have a Happy and Peaceful Christmas in the midst of this world gone mad 😂🌟🎄✨

[Rennur Graduate10]

I think we can be too hard on ourselves. Sometimes the middle of a run can be so hard it feels like we're going backwards but once we know we are nearing the end things seem easier. Plus the distance ran is usually much better than we'd have imagined - that's all due to persistence. Merry Christmas.

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Rennur]

Thanks 😀 Yes there’s as much mental resilience required as physical fitness I think . It’s as well I was brought up not to give up 😂😂.

A Happy , Peaceful Christmas to you 🙂🌟