I joined a running club 😃

[RunBrianRun]

I’m really quite excited as I have made contact with a local running club and have passed the time test to join. 😃

My induction training is on the 15th July. I will need to also join the British Athletics Association in order to run in the vets league too. They do track sessions on Monday and Thursday evenings. I have only ever once run on a proper running track before! 😃

I really need the focus and the motivation at the moment with all that life is throwing at me and this will do nicely. I must admit I’m also really quite nervous too 😬

Hopefully next year I’ll be competing in the league. 😀

And I have yet another excuse to go and buy more running shoes 😂

[nowster Graduate10]

What sort of time tests did you have to do?

[RunBrianRun Graduate10 in reply to nowster]

New members standard is a 5k time of 24 mins or better.

[nowster Graduate10 in reply to RunBrianRun]

Wow! That's a high bar for most of us here.

[Oldgirlruns Graduate10 in reply to RunBrianRun]

Blimey - I’d be lucky to manage it in twice that time! Don’t think I’ll be joining any time soon but it sounds as though you’ll have fun! Enjoy!

[RunBrianRun Graduate10 in reply to Oldgirlruns]

I’m really looking forward to it. I think there are more inclusive clubs than this one tbh and I’ll see how it goes as it might be that I find it too competitive.

[Cmoi Graduate10 in reply to RunBrianRun]

Good grief, no way could I manage that time. There again, I'd be a disaster on a track, and the idea of competing in a league scares me rigid. I shall pootle on back to my hills and forests ⛰️🌲 🌲 🌲 ⛰️ while wishing you a fabulous time with your new club.

[RunBrianRun Graduate10 in reply to Cmoi]

I must admit I have no idea what I’m getting into but I’m up for a challenge, I might hate it and end up back on the lonely goat trail. I’m gonna give it a go and see where it leads. Should be fun I hope 😃👍😬

[Tasha99 Graduate10 in reply to RunBrianRun]

😮

That’s a tough running group 😶

[CBDB Graduate10]

Wow! Big leagues! (At least from where I am standing/running/shuffling 😃💪👍🏽)

[RunBrianRun Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

I’m really looking forward to it but with a healthy dose of trepidation too.

[Instructor57 Graduate10]

Well done !That's some time trial though 🤔

[RunBrianRun Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

Thanks. They set it there because they have a limit on numbers at the track.

[Cowladyrunning Graduate10]

Wow that's a tough time trial! Well done!

[roseabi]

Awesome!!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Oh that’s great, I ran in a track many years ago and was way faster than along the road, the structure of training and some competing was great Have fun

[RunBrianRun Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

I’m looking forward to the structured training sessions as I’ve never done anything like this before. Exciting 🤩😃

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to RunBrianRun]

Very exciting have fun

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate10]

Good luck Brian...I hope you enjoy the new challenges 🤞🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️💥xxx

[RunBrianRun Graduate10 in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

Thank you ☺️ I’d be happy to report back here on how it’s going and pass on any tips or other snippets of useful training information if it’s considered appropriate or relevant for this forum.

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to RunBrianRun]

Definitely! 👍🏽🙏

[Tasha99 Graduate10]

Wow! This club seems like the complete opposite of mine! I hope you enjoy it though 😊

[RunBrianRun Graduate10 in reply to Tasha99]

It may well be too competitive for me in which case I shall bow out gracefully and seek a more forgiving one. 😂😅

[Tasha99 Graduate10 in reply to RunBrianRun]

You can only try! I wouldn’t be fast enough 🤣