So, I ran…….. and I ran for my first 10K 🏃🏻‍♀️🙂 ( totally messed up the tracking on the Garmin tho’ 😂🤦‍♀️) …….That’s life !😉

[RacingintheStreet]

Long post alert …. But I’m fairly chuffed 😂😂

On Wednesday I ran the ‘Not Motivated Run W/Headspace’ having again(!) lost my momentum with my running habit 😔🤷🏼‍♀️ Really feeling I don’t 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 🤷🏼‍♀️😟 However I had a great family holiday with three grandsons to be chased after 😂😂

The takeaway line from Andy Puddicombe on the NRC APP was …….

‘ 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 meditate’

So applicable to how approach my runs sometimes, feeling motivated or not is ok but ….. just run.

Often I think this, or think that about my running but I need to remember that I can let these thoughts pass …..just get out the door and run . That’s how I’ll get consistent, so here I am launching back into again. 😂🏃🏻‍♀️🤦‍♀️

That run was rubbish 😂😂 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 I’ve written that one 😬🤦‍♀️)

I optimistically chose NRC ‘ Fear Less’ 5K Run , really enjoyed it until my phone died at 3K . I will do it again tho’ . At 3K I had my usual ‘don’t think you’ll be out much longer’ 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 🙏😄. I had done a loop and a half round the village , very quiet but the newly opened ‘deli bakery’ was busy baking sourdough and other goodies 😋 Again I felt I was observing those early morning ‘beginnings’ of the day ☀️ Earlier I had passed a hedgehog on our street 🦔🦔 , made me smile, he’s new 😀

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) I’d 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 . I’ll see how I feel 😂😂

I felt ok as I hit 5K at just a quarter way back up the road so maybe I’d hit 6 at the end of it ., maybe I could get beyond my current longest run of 8.2K 🤔 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 . 🌊☔️🌊 That lovely wind was still there too , so decided to keep running but also for some stupid reason I decided that ‘psychologically’ 🙄🙄 it might help if I stopped the Garmin and track a second 5K so it didn’t feel as long ( ( 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Don’t ask !,) So it worked in one respect, as looking at 2.5 K again didn’t seem as scary 😂😂 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 5k’s back to back so I do hope I can get my badge 🙏🙏 because 9K to 10K was a killer and I was 🥵🥵

I ended my run and walked a little before running the odd 300 metres home.

I’m delighted as the 10 K was always lurking but never looked achievable, I think I’m 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 😥😥

I decided that it didn’t matter , I know I did it ( and my poor wee body knows I did it 😂😅) . However I discovered on the website I could enter it manually 👍 so it’s all good 😂😂

So today I did my 10K in 1:20:05 and my longest run of 10.19K in 1:21:03 🙂

Photo is my two 5Ks and the beautiful Isle of Harris where I should have done more running 😂🏃🏻‍♀️😂🏃🏻‍♀️

So do I qualify for my 10k badge 🤷🏼‍♀️🙏🙂 first 5k at 6:37am , second at 07:19am so I didn’t stop 🙏🤷🏼‍♀️

[LottieMW Ambassador]

Wow! Wow! Wow!

So good to see you back…and with your mojo up and running!

…..see what I did there! 😂

Looked like a good run, nice consistent splits, and a pretty speedy overall time! 👍🙌🏼👏🏽🎉

Welcome back, and I’m sure an admin will be along soon to give you your well deserved shiny new badge!

🥇🔟🥇🎉🏃🏻‍♀️💐🥰

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to LottieMW]

😂, thanks Lottie . I’m really pleased to have done this , really thought it perhaps wasn’t going to be for me 🤷🏼‍♀️ but I’m always pleased to get going again as I’ve had a few breaks for various reasons .I’d really be disappointed to fall away . Hope you are fine and well 🙏👌🙂

[LottieMW Ambassador in reply to RacingintheStreet]

All good here, thank you 😊

There’s been quite a few of us here going through some kind of running doldrums. We’re all trying various methods to spark the old mojo into life again…

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to LottieMW]

Good 🙂 That’s why I think this forum is invaluable . We all sometimes fly and we all sometimes fall and it’s so helpful to share all that. I do find it helps me get going again when I’ve fallen into a lull .

Catching up today and seeing a lot about Jeffing and a few posts that remind me of things I enjoyed but keep forgetting to do ( speed runs etc) keeps me interested.

Hoping to refocus, even though it’s only 3 weeks lull this time it kinda sets you back , I just get fed up with myself 🤦‍♀️😂😂

[LottieMW Ambassador in reply to RacingintheStreet]

I didn’t stop running…I just couldn’t be *rsed to post 🙄😬

…it was like my brain couldn’t be bothered to think sensible thoughts! 😂

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to LottieMW]

The posts can be time consuming , I need to be more concise and do as soon as 😂I had a few runs from before my 3 week hiatus that just never got done. 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

[LottieMW Ambassador in reply to RacingintheStreet]

I’ve got about 7 from my last post 🙄

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to LottieMW]

😂🤣🤦‍♀️🖊🖊🖊

[LottieMW Ambassador in reply to RacingintheStreet]

🤦🏻‍♀️😂

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

I think you do qualify for the badge and the words Graduate10 next to your username, congratulations, tell the administrators exactly what you ran, 2/5Ks =10K, unless you had a long rest between the two runs which I don't think you had. Go to the August graduation Healthunlocked Graduate10 homepage and tell the administrators that you have ran your first 10K 🎓 😊 🏃🏾.

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to AlMorr]

Thanks Al , Not my best decision this morning 🤦‍♀️ But the only thing I stopped and restarted was the Garmin, my feet kept running 😂🏃🏻‍♀️😂.

[Instructor57 Graduate10]

Well done on your 10k 😁👍Feels good dosent it !

Post here for your badge

healthunlocked.com/bridgeto...

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

Thank you , yes it does feel good 👍, I got to thinking the 10K wasn’t for me really 🤷🏼‍♀️ Yes I’ve posted , hoping my two runs are ok

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

Brilliant 10k, that’s the way to do it, just run. So happy for you. Great time for your 1st 10k too, be very proud of that. The weather and route sound perfect. I hope you’ve posted for your graduation badge. Happy running 🤗

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs]

Thank you , yes I really did just try to keep it sim0le, the phone died and after that I made a conscious decision to not look at my watch very often and just run to landmarks and decide from there . Worked well except my stupid decision at 5K 🤦‍♀️I probably didn’t pace myself well in this ‘just run’ mode , a little 🥵🥵 in last Km 😂

Delighted I did it and more so that I’ve got going again and not let the lull continue 👌🙂

[Jools2020 Graduate10]

Fabulous 10K! Huge well done to you. First 10K is really special and an amazing achievement 👏👏👏👍🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️😊

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Jools2020]

Thank you 🙏 I think it was a mixture of the morning feeling so right and being fed up with myself for making such a meal of things 😂You crossed my mind at the end of my road ‘ I’ll decide at the T -Junction’ 👌😂

I did decide to carry on at the T Junction and look where it got me 😄🙏

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to RacingintheStreet]

Brilliant, I love it!!! 👏👏👏 The T junction has a lot to answer for. I think I’ll write a motivational book and call it “The T Junction - Road To Success” !

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10]

Think you’re onto something there 🤔😂 The T-Junction is a thing now 😂😂

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to RacingintheStreet]

😂😂🤣

[Runningwithhoney]

Well done! That’s amazing! I totally get that gremlin telling me to stop, the mind is so powerful it’s scary isn’t it. Good on you persevering through. 🥳✅✅

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Runningwithhoney]

Thank you 🙏 Im delighted , as I’d recently given up of ever getting beyond 8K. Thinking I wasn’t that runner. Yes it’s taken me ages to learn that ‘my mind & thoughts’ aren’t always correct and need ignoring sometimes 👌😂😂

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Oh wow, that first 10k is really something isn’t it? mine was unplanned but made me feel so good. Harris is an amazing island beautiful photos

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thank you and yes it feels good having done it, might not have agreed at 9K’ish 😂😂.The mental work was harder than the leg work actually 😄

Yes Harris is such a beautiful island , we had a lovely family holiday , the kind I remember as a child ( when the sun always shone 😂😂 or so I thought )

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to RacingintheStreet]

Have been to Lewis and the beaches and landscape for both islands are out of this world, those long sunny day holidays being back so many childhood memories,10k is rather special distance 😀

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

I think the Islands take me back to a simpler time too ☺️ I totally switched off , time didn’t matter 😀Yes 10K feels special , not sure how often I’ll revisit though 😂🏃🏻‍♀️

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to RacingintheStreet]

I’ve run a couple 10k but more often 8 or 9 which is more achievable for me, I love it there and my sister lives on Lewis but Willow doesn’t like being that far north

[Frizzbomb67 Graduate10]

Congratulations on your first 10k 🥳👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🏅

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Frizzbomb67]

Thank you , feeling good if a little ‘achey’ today 👍😂

[Frizzbomb67 Graduate10 in reply to RacingintheStreet]

Me too 😂 I ran a 10k yesterday too 🥵

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Frizzbomb67]

Oh well done 👍 The achey muscles feel quite rewarding 😂💪 ( a lot of impromptu stretching going on tho’ 😉☺️)

[GoogleMe Graduate10]

Makes perfect sense to me to present the run to yourself as you are doing it as 2x 5k. Whatever it takes!

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to GoogleMe]

😂😂 yes there was a lot of mental self coaching going on too 😂😂🤯

[Cowladyrunning Graduate10]

Great 10k! Hope that's given you a get up and go boost! Good luck!

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Cowladyrunning]

🙏, I’m hoping so ! It’s always a battle ‘getting going’ . Less thinking , more doing ( I think 🤔😂🤣)

[Cowladyrunning Graduate10 in reply to RacingintheStreet]

I think we all have times like that! Hard getting out the door / procrastinating....like me trying to pick a route for tomorrow's run 🤔

[Stocksy67 Graduate10]

Well done on your first 10k 👏👏 feels good doesn't it..😀

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Stocksy67]

Thank you 🙏 yes it does ! 👍 ( now anyway, not so much at 8.5/9 K tho’ 😄) Good to know that yes! You can do that 🙂

and it makes running the distances below the 10 K seem more achievable to do more regularly. It’s that whole ‘belief’ thing I think 🤷🏼‍♀️😄

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10]

Yeayayyayya Go you! Well done!

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Thank so much 🙏 it’s quite a boost . Even f I never do it again , good to know that Yes I can !!

[tmbtrain Graduate10]

👏 Congratulations! Definitely 10k 🙂 beautiful pics too, Harris looks lovely!

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to tmbtrain]

Thank you 🙏 this split second delicious 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Should have left the watch alone 😂😂.Yes Harris is such a special place 🌊

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to tmbtrain]

** split second ‘decisions’ 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[tmbtrain Graduate10 in reply to RacingintheStreet]

🤭 autocorrect!

[Raisemeup 60minGraduate]

I was reading your post and when you asked if you can get your 10k badge, I was saying 'of course you can'! It seems like a great run and personal achievement to me, and no doubt to others. So well done you, congratulations and enjoy your well earned success. Best wishes ☺️

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Raisemeup]

Many thanks 🙏 Yes I know I ran and didn’t stop for the whole run .I wish I hadn’t split the tracking .

Typical of me that I feel I should ‘provide evidence’ to support my request 😂😂😂

[Fionamags Graduate10]

Congratulations! 10k is 10k no matter how you measure it! Great time too. 🍾🥂🎊🥇🏆🎉🥳

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to Fionamags]

Thank you , crazy decision to be stop/starting the watch, but the feet and legs didn’t stop 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️😂😂

[LottieMW Ambassador]

YaY!!!!! 🙌🏼

Just spotted your shiny new badge! 👍🥇🥰🎉

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10]

😂😂 indeed 👌 not sure I’ll be as regular a 10K’er as you but nice to achieve.Took myself by surprise a little

[GailXrunning]

Congratulations! 🍾🥂🏆 That’s brilliant news. Well done, you. So glad there was a way to enter the run manually… although you’d nailed the philosophical ‘so what if it’s 2x 5k’. 👌You know, I think I’d always imagined that you’d already done 10k. (I use the mobile app mostly and it doesn’t show badges.) I’ve been impressed by your runs.. and equally by the honest up-and-downs too.😉 I’m also a great fan of the ‘get there by stealth’, pretending it’s a shorter distance and then growing it.

[RacingintheStreet Graduate10 in reply to GailXrunning]

Thank you 🙏 hope this finds you fine & well as we continue to emerge from these strange times .Still enjoying your runs & hope and experimenting with your techniques etc.

In think it’s just that I have taken so long to revisit the idea of running a 10k , that you think I’ve done it 😂🤦‍♀️

I have these great long conversations with myself, decide what to do ( I.e. not chase or train for a 10k ) and then go out and do the exact opposite on a whim 😂😂

I’m glad I did it but I also should’ve given my legs prior warning I think 🤦‍♀️😂

Yes the psychology applied was to fool myself into thinking I was just running a 5K ( pretending I had not just already run 5K) . Worked in one respect and not in many others .

Job done tho’ 👌😂🏃🏻‍♀️And I learnt how to do a few things on the Garmin site 😀

[grumpyoldgirl]

Bit late to the party, but woohoo! That new badge looks great on you😊