A dark wet and for some reason tough 8k this morning, wasn’t really feeling it today, but managed to complete 8k towards my first Race At Your Pace Medal. I was pleasantly surprised at my pace, it certainly didn’t feel that quick.
Tinytears60 aka Competitive Annie, put me on to this and I quite like the concept. You basically register and set yourself a challenge to cover a distance of your choice over a given month. You pay a modest fee of £10 or so and once you’ve completed your goal and emailed them your evidence you get a nice decent quality shiny medal in the post. For a few pounds extra this can be personalised. They also do a nice range of running tops, which I also went for at just £6.95.
Knowing you’ve set yourself a challenge is another motivating factor to help get you out there and running plus you get another medal to add to your collection 🏅👀
I’ve set myself a goal of 35 miles this month, but it’s flexible and you can change this at anytime, so I’m tempted to increase it as I’ve almost reached that already 🤔 move over Competitive Annie, make way for Competitive Archie !
Happy Running Everyone 🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️
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You did better than us, we looked out the window, had a bath, baked mince pies, went shopping and wrapped presents lol, working all weekend so it might be a short dark run if not pouring with rain
I have tuesday and thursday off then 5 days over Christmas, going to try and do 5 k each day run one walk one, it was boxing day last year I ran 6k and felt great
Very well done. Great running and yes it is great having a Challenge. Although I am fully Virtual everything exhausted after this year. I can't wait for the real thing. Wait until you do a parkrun and start chasing after PB's, do a 5K and a 10K road race. Nothing like the real thing in a crowd of people and heading to a Cafe afterwards for a well deserved breakfast with friends. I am looking so forward to those simple pleasures again. Best of luck on your 35 mile challenge.
Thank You... Sounds great, I’m new to running, having completed C25k earlier this year, so I’ve yet to experience a park run, fingers crossed for 2021 🤞
Thanks Instructor57 👍 Give it a go, maybe set yourself a challenge for January 2021. The medals are very nice and the running tops look good quality too and they’re not expensive. Tinytears60 has been pleased with the ones she’s had.
I've been doing the Race at Your Pace challenges for a few months now, they're great aren't they and the medals are lovely. They are usually themed to the month, so this one will be festive. If you do want to change your distance, you only have until the 25th of the month so don't forget 😮
Great run. The weather is horrid here - it's absolutely howling and it's really doing nothing to entice me out. Good luck with your challenge - maybe increase it a little bit, but not too much?
Thanks Birdlady64, it was raining when I went out this morning, mild though. I didn’t mind it as it kept me cool. I won’t increase it by too much if I do, only thinking about it at the moment. I’d like to do a few more next year though.
Yaay that is brilliant!! Well done for getting out there in the dark, wet weather and running 8k in a fantastic time all, when you were not feeling it!!! 👏👏👏⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ohhhhhh that is fantastic and sooooooooo motivating. I remember TT60 mentioning this. Wishing you Good luck for the rest of your monthly challenge Competitive Archie, you will smash it!!!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
How nice to have a running medal collection 🏅🏅🏅look forward to seeing pictures!!
Thanks Rebecca 😊 I was surprised at that pace as it didn’t feel that quick. The NRC Run was entitled ‘A Grateful 8k’ I was grateful when it came to an end today to be honest 😂. The Running medals and tops look really nice, maybe you’ll be tempted to try it in 2021.
I didn’t use the magic plan, I just gradually increased my distance to 10k using the NRC guided runs, then 13k then eventually 10 miles. I’d love to be able to eventually reach half marathon distance, so maybe 2021 I’ll focus on that, but I just like getting out there and running.
Thanks swim63, it’s nice to receive a medal at the end of the month to reward you for all your efforts. I’ll probably set myself one of these challenges from time to time. The running tops look decent quality too and are very reasonably priced. Maybe you could be tempted to give it a go yourself in 2021 ?
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My first 8k!
My first race - Yateley 10k
My first race event - Chester 5 mile
I did a silliness - virtual race medal
I've just run 8k! for the first time! 🏃♀️🏅🎉
