First 6km

[Chesterlove]

Managed my first ever 6km today so feeling chuffed. My family are bored of me talking about running 😂

[Stocksy67 Graduate10]

Keep it up, that 10k will be soon smashed 💪👊🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

[Week7 Graduate10]

Well done. Know what you mean about families being bored with running talk-I see my family's eyes glaze over when I start on the subject ! We VRB's totally "get it" and will never be bored by reading about your progress!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10 in reply to Week7]

The best way to avoid them being bored about you talking about running is not to start talking about running, let them ask first, then you can tell them what runs you have ran recently, if you don't start the conversion one of them will probably ask if you have actually stopped running. 😊

[Week7 Graduate10 in reply to AlMorr]

Like your thinking, the only issue is they know when I go because I have a very noisy little dog who gets very excited and barks wildly when I get home from a run .(she also insists on joining me to do my stretches)🐕

[Chesterlove Graduate10 in reply to Week7]

I have 3 noisy dogs so it’s very public 😂

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10 in reply to Week7]

👍

[Chesterlove Graduate10 in reply to Week7]

😂 Thank you

[CBDB Graduate10]

Keep on talking! I can’t get enough! 😂😂

I am lucky as for years the only person in my family running was my husband, so he enjoys as well me asking more questions he can answer. 🤣🤣

Have you seen this race which has an unusual 7.5km distance. findarace.com/events/sami-f...

I am tempted. I ran my first 10k last month, but I had the flexibility of deciding on which day I run. So choosing the next 10k is quite daunting. But 7.5k sounds like a great way to ease into 10k racing.

Any, enjoy your new long-distance (beyond 5k) running legs! They are awesome!

[Chesterlove Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

That is a good length and feels manageable - pricey though!

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Chesterlove]

Yeah, I seem to remember it had an early registration price of half that, but I missed that.

But the only other option for me is to just run an official virtual 5k race, like in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival at the same time.

I found once I ran beyond 6k I thought it was feasible to enter official runs and races.

And 6k is such a great distance! Big congrats again! 👏👏👏👍🏽🏃🏼‍♀️

[Chesterlove Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

Thank you x

[RunaroundSue Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

That is a tempting distance, but as you say a bit expensive

[Comfortnotspeed Graduate10]

Well done! Ha ha keep talking running 😀

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Well done Chesterlove! It’s such a great feeling 😊. I witter on endlessly to my partner about whichever run I’ve just done, I think he’s given up listening! All the best. 👏🏼😊🏃‍♀️🦶👟

[Week7 Graduate10]

See under my initial reply Almorr offered me a useful tip which may work for you.

[Chesterlove Graduate10 in reply to Week7]

I haven’t worked out how to find the reply 😬😂

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Woohoo well done Chesterlove! Happy photo too. 👏👏👏

My family flee when I arrive back from a run. Whoever’s unlucky enough to get caught by me really wasn’t quick enough to leave the room and soon regret their error! 😂

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Oh you did just make me laugh! 😆😆😆

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10 in reply to Frenc]

Sad, but very true Frenc! 😂

[RunaroundSue Graduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks]

🤣

[Indielass00]

Know the feeling think my husband zones out once I speak about running 🤣.Well done on your 6K! 👏🏻👏🏻

[RunaroundSue Graduate10]

I think that's why my husband started running. Now he gives me detailed reports of every run, in fact every kilometre and hill rep! I just "go for a run", get excited about the very rare pb, but otherwise just log the distances on my spreadsheet and any virtual challenge I have on the go.

[tmbtrain Graduate10]

Well done!