Virtual Vitality 10K in the rain! 😬🌧🏃‍♀️🌧🙂

[Sandraj39]

Big shout out for all the other VV10k runners who have either already completed their run 🙌 or are running it in the next couple of days!👏👏

My running pattern has been a bit all over the place recently but I seem to be back to my 3 regular runs a week.👍 Looking at my Garmin however, I realised I haven’t done a 10K for a few weeks!😯😞 My last run (5K) was earlier in the day than I am used to ( to beat the heat) and a couple of days after my second jab and just felt like a hard slog all the way round, so I was hoping for a better run today!🤞

Happy to see that today was forecast to be cooler than of late - but there was sadly no getting away from the rain that was forecast either!🌧😬 Yes, it accompanied me throughout the entire run but I have to say was actually very refreshing and not as heavy as it is now, looking out of my window!!

The run itself was a steady one and I chose the local residential roads rather than my more usual trails...I think I needed a confidence booster today and nothing too challenging!😂

So, my time won’t be breaking any records but I did enjoy this run. More importantly (and as happens so often), running delivers where we really need it: I finished this run with a greater belief in myself than I had at the beginning. Running restores something very fundamental to my mental well-being, as I’m sure it does for so many of us. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃🏽🏃‍♀️That’s worth remembering every time I step out the door - with or without my running shoes on!

Oh, and the cherry on the cake is that I can now wait for my medal to arrive!😀🏅

Happy running!🙂

[RunWillie Graduate10]

Well done Sandraj39 👍🏻You broke my 10k record. Always running for my mental health. Forever thankful for C25K for discovering that ❤️🏃‍♀️

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to RunWillie]

Thanks RunWillie - yes, we are lucky to have our running! 🙏😌

[David_G]

Well done Sandraj39 🏃‍♀️👍 I’ll be walking rather than running this time due to injury🙁 I’ve got a virtual physio session booked next Weds. It’ll be interesting to see how that works out 🙂 but I’m sure it will be fine as they’ve been recommended but some running friends🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️ You never know, I meet be out running again soon🏃‍♂️🤞In the meantime I’m think about buying a pushbike 🚲 so I can at least get some miles in for my Route 66 challenge🇺🇸

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to David_G]

Hope all goes well with the physio David - a recommendation from a running friend is a good thing though, so 🤞 for you.Not heard of the Route 66 Challenge - what’s that one?

[David_G in reply to Sandraj39]

It’s to run/walk/cycle the length of Route 66 (2,278 miles!). It started on 1 January and I’ve got 2 years to complete it🙂👍 It’s very well organised and the details are on endtoend.run. They do a number of challenges and are great for motivation!

[Jiveblue Graduate10 in reply to David_G]

Good luck with physio and with VV10. I was worried I'd feel a fraud just walking it today but in the end I found that it was more of a challenge than when I ran the previous one last October! I've also been told to cycle by the osteopath - so have found a 15km loop from home and aim to do it 3-5 times each week. But its NOT a patch on running! 🙁🙁

[nowster Graduate10]

There's nothing wrong at all with a 64 minute 10km run. It's a decent time. 👍

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to nowster]

Thank you🙏 - I know that really nowster but I would love to get back closer to 1 hour - I’ve not run under that since a bout of sciatica damaged a nerve in my leg a couple of years ago. It’s just me being a bit hard on myself...not Pb’d in a long time and I know that it doesn’t really matter but...!🙂

[Hidden]

Congratulations Sandraj39! Fantastic time ! That’s a decent time! Now look forward to your well deserved medal !👏👏👏🎉🎉🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️x

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you - yes, it’s been a while since I had new bling!🏅😀

[Jiveblue Graduate10]

Hey!! Well done. 👏👏👍🎉Great that you enjoyed it and that it made you feel good felt good.. Great time too (I'd love to run at that pace - or run at all to be honest!).

I did my VV10 today too but walked it with my faithful whippet - who was majorly shocked that we kept going and going well beyond her usual walkies and with no stops to play either!🤣🤣🤣 and in the drizzle too!!🤣🤣 But we got there in there end!.

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to Jiveblue]

Well done on your VV10k too! And to your canine partner!😀🐾

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Lovely run Sandra! I can only dream of that pace. 😅 Well done. 🎉

Shame that it rained for you, but at least you didn’t overheat, and I bet it felt great.

I did my VV10000 on Monday, not really intending on doing so. I’d had my 2nd jab on Saturday and wasn’t sure how I’d feel so I went out for a test run and ending up keeping going! The beauty of running is that we can make it our own. 🥰

Like you, I’m looking forward to receiving my precious bling. 🏅😀

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Thanks Cheeky - tbh I think I prefer rain to the heat!🥵 Well done on your VV run too - and good to be double jabbed isn’t it?💉💉😀

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

I much prefer rain to heat too, although not necessarily lashing sideways winter kind of rain with hooley wind!

Yes, it does feel awesome to be double jabbed. 👊🥰

[Fionamags Graduate10]

Wow that was a great time! Glad you had a good one to remember when you look at that bling in future!