So when I got up this morning I was not intending to run today .
I had work in the morning and I don't often like to run in the afternoon .
While I was out working the weather was so nice and there were runners everywhere !
So when I finished I decided to have a quick light lunch and then go and run about 1.5 to 2 hours afterwards.
So I think it was just before 2 when I went out .
It was bright and sunny and around 10 degrees, so shorts and short sleeve top were in order , it's so much nicer with decent weather .
I was feeling good and rested , it has been 5 days since my last run and I was feeling good ๐
I was going to do a Zombie run but when I had finished my warm up walk I couldn't get the app to run โน๏ธโน๏ธโน๏ธ
Ahh well, never mind , just me and Jethro tull then ๐
I hadn't decided how far I was going to run but knew I wanted to get beyond the 5K if all was well.
Had a bit of the toxic 10 which was perhaps to be expected as it has been a few days !
But after that I was feeling good !
Pleasently comfortable so then into the 2nd K and quite relaxed now .
If was getting near 4K and i was thinking how far to go !
At first I thought 6K, but when I got there I was feeling absolutely fine so thought push on to 7.5K
I was having no issues at all no tiredness or aches or twinges so I just kept going and once I reached 8K and still feeling good I decided I would do a 10K
Actually my first one of the year !
Actually, one thing I did have around the 8K mark was an unexpected protein intake !
I'm assuming it was a fly !
It wouldn't come out again but also resisted going down ๐๐๐
It felt as though it was stuck halfway !
So that was a bit uncomfortable for a few minutes ๐
I was running whist trying to cough it up for a few minutes before I decided to accept the protein boost and try to swallow it down ! ๐คฎ
It was around 9K before I had finally sorted myself out and resigned myself to the extra calories, haha ๐
So 1K left and still feeling good ,
So on to my first 10K of the year .
Back home , stretches done , gulped down some water incase the fly decided it still wanted out !
Then a mug of tea just to make sure !
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Happy running folks !
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Thatโs brilliant, Ian - huge well done! ๐๐๐๐๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐
Sometimes it just feels right to carry on and you took advantage of that. I enjoy those runs where you arenโt sure how far youโre going to run ๐
Well done sounds like a great run ( well apart from the fly) ๐ฆ it's great when you go out undecided on how far to run.. then get home with a 10K ๐
Hopefully you feeling good afterwards, since it's been a while x
Great post Ian you've made me smile this evening ๐ glad you are going on ok and enjoyed your afternoon run so much that you kept on running ๐๐
That was a good run. Shame about the fly - although worse for the fly than you! ๐It's great that the weather is finally being a bit kinder to us runners (athough it's being very mean to us gardeners).
Sounds a nice comfortable run, it's great when it all comes together, and your 5 day break must have helped, i've noticed having a bigger gap 2/3 days between runs is helping. Hope your niggly pain behaves itself, oh, and the fly must have helped with the last km!!! ๐คฃ
Thanks Peter , yes it was an enjoyable run , no niggles (apart from the fly ๐)Feel fine today also so fingers crossed for the future runs ๐ค
Well done, but eugh the fly! I read you whole post and I keep being stuck on the fly, protein boost or not. I still prefer my powergel shots above a fly. I am vegetarian, so I prefer no critters, haha. Though I do admit to have tasted a sort of baked caterpillar a colleague brought from his business trip in Africa. It was a kind of dare and just a pinch of the critter, not a whole one.
Anyhow, well done for having gone out despite it not being your regular time!
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