Long post alert โฆ. But Iโm fairly chuffed ๐๐
On Wednesday I ran the โNot Motivated Run W/Headspaceโ having again(!) lost my momentum with my running habit ๐๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ Really feeling I donโt have the same motivation I had last year when I first started all of this . I had been away on holiday to Harris , taken my running gear and only managed recreational jogs at Scarista and on the dunes at Luskentyre ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ However I had a great family holiday with three grandsons to be chased after ๐๐
The takeaway line from Andy Puddicombe on the NRC APP was โฆโฆ.
โ I get up in the morning motivated to meditate so I meditate, I I get up in the morning not motivated to meditate so I meditateโ
So applicable to how approach my runs sometimes, feeling motivated or not is ok but โฆ.. just run.
Often I think this, or think that about my running but I need to remember that I can let these thoughts pass โฆ..just get out the door and run . Thatโs how Iโll get consistent, so here I am launching back into again. ๐๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
That run was rubbish ๐๐ a sluggish 4K .
Today I got up at 6 , lots of stretching and out to run , determined to get back to 2/3 runs a week and get my fitness back ( how many times Iโve written that one ๐ฌ๐คฆโโ๏ธ)
I optimistically chose NRC โ Fear Lessโ 5K Run , really enjoyed it until my phone died at 3K . I will do it again thoโ . At 3K I had my usual โdonโt think youโll be out much longerโ gremlin riding on my shoulder.
I kept going because the morning felt so good , cloudy with a strong but sort of balmy North East wind that felt quite lovely . I really felt at one with the day ๐๐. I had done a loop and a half round the village , very quiet but the newly opened โdeli bakeryโ was busy baking sourdough and other goodies ๐ Again I felt I was observing those early morning โbeginningsโ of the day โ๏ธ Earlier I had passed a hedgehog on our street ๐ฆ๐ฆ , made me smile, heโs new ๐
Onwards down from the village and my mental calculations started , if I got to my Lighthouse Road( my constant friend since the start of C25K) Iโd be at roughly 3/4K . If I run to the end of it then I will jolly well have to run back up it , so that would be 5/6K . Iโll see how I feel ๐๐
I felt ok as I hit 5K at just a quarter way back up the road so maybe Iโd hit 6 at the end of it ., maybe I could get beyond my current longest run of 8.2K ๐ค The thought of a 10K was lurking but that would be a bit too ambitious. Things were going ok , my legs felt good, the big spots of a summer rain had failed to come to anything even though the sky and sea were the same navy/ mauve colour and it was certainly threatening . ๐โ๏ธ๐ That lovely wind was still there too , so decided to keep running but also for some stupid reason I decided that โpsychologicallyโ ๐๐ it might help if I stopped the Garmin and track a second 5K so it didnโt feel as long ( ( ๐คฆโโ๏ธ๐คฆโโ๏ธ Donโt ask !,) So it worked in one respect, as looking at 2.5 K again didnโt seem as scary ๐๐ but I was continually doing mental arithmetic to see if I was at 8/8.5 etc..
long story short I kept going and did two 5kโs back to back so I do hope I can get my badge ๐๐ because 9K to 10K was a killer and I was ๐ฅต๐ฅต
I ended my run and walked a little before running the odd 300 metres home.
Iโm delighted as the 10 K was always lurking but never looked achievable, I think Iโm so in awe of the efforts of all these Olympians that I was inspired too.
My biggest mistake was not just letting the Garmin continue because of course I had no PB or any sign of my 10K success on my Garmin stats once home ๐ฅ๐ฅ
I decided that it didnโt matter , I know I did it ( and my poor wee body knows I did it ๐๐ ) . However I discovered on the website I could enter it manually ๐ so itโs all good ๐๐
So today I did my 10K in 1:20:05 and my longest run of 10.19K in 1:21:03 ๐
Photo is my two 5Ks and the beautiful Isle of Harris where I should have done more running ๐๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
So do I qualify for my 10k badge ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ๐๐ first 5k at 6:37am , second at 07:19am so I didnโt stop ๐๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ
week3run1 โ
. 3 x 17 mins with 1 min walks. 
How did your parkrun or (not)parkrun go?
