10K To End May 🏃‍♀️

[sparky66]

Well I've done well this month upped my distance in this month to 90K and my longest run to date 14K 👍

Really thrilled with my progress on my HM training..

Was a beautiful early morning run today 7am shorts vest top bottle of water in pocket ☀️

All was going brilliant, rabbits bounding in the feilds, first run I can say I had no calf tightness at all.. I always wondered if this would ever happen.. so was feeling great...till... Around 7 K I took a tumble..slow motion..six strides till I went over 😩 lay a min to assess the damage.. grazed bloody knee, sore hip and hand on the left side.. but after some water.. I felt I could carry on.. in fact my last 3K were my fastest!

No permanent damage I hope..I've had my shower and feeling fine.. fingers crossed 🤞

Bring on June's runs 🏃‍♀️

Happy Running all 🙌

[Instructor57 Graduate10]

Well done on your 10k to end May ! 👍But sorry to hear about the fall ☹️

Hope your ok ? Maybe a few days rest !

[sparky66 Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

Thanks , I'm fine.. thank goodness..xxx

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to sparky66]

That's good 😁👍

[backintime Graduate10]

Congrats on the distance and sorry about your fall - hope you have no ill-effects!

[sparky66 Graduate10 in reply to backintime]

Thanks 👍

[Mormor1 Graduate10]

Well done Sparky, you are so near your 10 miles, if that is your next goal. I fear tumbles, mainly running through woods with tree roots emerging unexpectedly. So far avoided it happening. Perhaps spurred on by you asking me how I was progressing, encouraged me this morning and I did my longest yet, 12.9k, ending at the sea for a rapid cool down swim. I was pleased, not fast but steady, averaging 8.03/k....I'm very happy with that. I was also fired up by garmin telling me my body battery was 90 when I woke up. Often it's in the 60's, and occasionally in the 50's, I'm not entirely sure what it means but 90 has to be better than 50! After the run it said my fitness age is 49, aaah, if only I was!

[sparky66 Graduate10 in reply to Mormor1]

AHH how brilliant, that's a great increase in distance..your doing amazing!! Ooh and how great it must have been to go for a swim in the sea afterwards.. bliss!!!

I averaged just under the 8mins today.. keeping it slow and steady on the long runs.. feels much easier 😳

I'm thinking 15K next week and the 10mile marker is my June goal 🙏

[sparky66 Graduate10 in reply to Mormor1]

OMG! Posting again in awe!! Just read your blog..you are 70 and running this well 🙌

Just inspirational ⭐

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

Great 10k, sorry to hear about the tumble, they seem to happen out of nowhere just as you’re totally zoned out. Happy running 🤗

[Mormor1 Graduate10]

Haha, I don't have any alternative to "slow and steady"!But happy with distance over speed...I'm short, 5'2 so never had a long stride... I saw a "gazelle" for the first time today... Literally loping along like, well, a gazelle, or Irish wolf hound, no effort at all....I'm more one of those trotting pigs.....but thinner! 🤣

[sparky66 Graduate10 in reply to Mormor1]

Awe that would have been inspiring to see 💖 I catch sight of my shadow and think...who is that slow old woman running along side me 🤣

When I assume I'm gazelle like 🤣🤣🤣🌽