An Early morning 3K trot

[Instructor57]

Well that was interesting ! 😁

This was my first run in a month !

I have had a bit of a difficult time lately but won't bore you all with the details but it's taken me untill now to feel I could run again .

Thanks for the encouragement, I've appreciated it !

So I went out this morning with no expectations, I just wanted to run .

Not in the slightest interested in pace but needed to know I could still run .

Although I wasen't bothered about how far I went , I still chose a distance run , I decided to do the NRC 3K run .

I thought this would be just nice to ease me back in , and it was !

It was a 3k loop that didn't take me too far from home so if I had to bail out it wouldn't be too much of a problem.

When I woke up this morning I felt unsure about my run , but once out of bed and tea made I felt fine , and the Gremlins had disappeared !

Dynamics done and I remembered to synch my Garmin with connect before I went out as it had been a month since I last ran , thanks for that tip nowster !

I left the house at 06:50 and the temperature was already 14 degrees but it felt just right in shorts and running vest !

Mr Garmin locked on straight away on my warm up walk .

As I started to run I felt good , good to be out running again and straight away I started to enjoy it !

I don't usually run this loop so was a bit uncertain where the splits would start and finish but started off at what felt like a comfortable trot .

The first K done and feeling fine , starting to warm up a bit now though .

I didn't look at my splits while running but the 2nd Km also felt good so I knew 3K would be fine .

Onto the last Km and felt like picking it up a bit so increased the pace .

Coach Corey tells me 3K done but I carry on slightly further until Mr Garmin agrees !

Back home , stretches done and a quick look at Strava and connect .

Surprised to see my splits came out at 7:41, 7:41 and 7:11

That's a pleasent suprise !

And it's good to be back !

Thought I'd include a picture of Misty the cat in my photos 😁😺

Right ! Porridge on !!

[Kipperrun Graduate10]

Well done on the run. Obviously done you the world of good. Thanks for the photo of Misty, too!

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Kipperrun]

Thank you !Yes, it was needed 👍

Misty always likes to be in on the action 😁😺

[nowster Graduate10]

Nice bit of consistency in those splits there.

I like the 3 km (or 2 miles) distance. It's just enough to get things ticking over when starting the day.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to nowster]

Absolutely !I thought it was a good distance to get back into and it was nice to find it comfortable 👍

[Birdlady64 Graduate10]

And it's good to see you back!😀 Well done!👏👏👏 That sounds like the perfect comeback run Ian.

Bring on the bunny rabbit!!! 🐇 😁

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Birdlady64]

Haha, thank you Diane, I was surprised just how much I enjoyed it 👍I hope the Bunny run won't be far off 😁

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

That first run back after a break is such an unknown Instructor57 . I’m really glad that it went so well for you.👍🙂Lovely picture of Misty too🐱 - cat pictures always make the day feel better!😻🙂

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

Thank you and yes ! It was an unknown but happy it went well and Misty always makes me smile 😁

[Jools2020 Graduate10]

I was so pleased to see that you’d been out on a run. And it was a good one, too! Well done, Ian! 👏👏👏👍

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Jools2020]

Thanks Jools , I was going to go yesterday but overslept 🤣

[Hidden]

Welcome back to running! And thanks for the Misty pic, cats are always nice to see 😻

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you !It was good to get out there again 🙂

And Misty always likes to get in on the action 😁😺

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate]

So sorry I only just saw your post! I’m so pleased you made it out for a run, and Misty looks very happy too. She looks like a good gremlin catcher 😊🏃‍♂️.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Frenc]

Thanks, and thats ok, I bet I have unfortunately missed a few posts in the last few weeks 😐But yes, it was great to be out again !

Misty always likes to get in on the action , she has actually just jumped up on my knee now 😁😺

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Instructor57]

Ah animals are amazing 🤩.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Frenc]

Oh I wouldn't be without her 😁I have 2 chickens also 😬

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Instructor57]

🐈 🐔🐔

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Frenc]

🤣

[Hidden]

Nice, 3k for first run after a month break is really good. Awesome job! 😊

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you, I need to get back into the longer runs soon