First run in a week

[SueAppleRun]

And my v02max is in the blue! 😀

We’re still not talking about red Willow, don’t know what’s going on there.

Anyway….. there I was on Friday, 5 days off I’m going to run every day then at 3.45am Saturday morning I woke doubled over in pain and dashed to the …..

Enough info, a colleague at work Wednesday went off sick with similar, connected or not doesn’t matter.

Yesterday feeling much better but not really up to a run, we were going to the beach with grandson but woke to grey skies so went to a castle instead,

This morning, blue skies, I’m going no where until I’ve run so after some faffing to get the right music on Garmin, a little gentle cursing and we are off!

20 minutes planned, start slower than usual, feeling a bit weary so plod on, we run together and keep it slow, first kilometre 9.37 and keeping going, my music ran out so ear buds in pocket keep it slow keep it steady, it’s warm but breezy so nice running weather

Second kilometre 9.33 so negative splits, sort of, 20 minutes done, both happy, not worn out, walk to pick up a few windfall apples and home.

I’m in the Blue…. never been blue before…..off to the beach now.

Have a great day all

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

The castle

castle

[Martlet76 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Is it Bodiam?

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Martlet76]

Yes

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

So chuffed

v02max

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Oooh yes! 👏👏👍

[nowster Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Excellent!

[Week7 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Good news!

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

What a great run and well done turning blue. So glad you are feeling better. Enjoy your day at the beach. Happy running 🤗

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Grannyhugs]

Thanks Grannyhugs it’s wonderful to be better and be able to run

[Maddee_6333 Graduate10]

Glad you’re better again. Yay for being in the blue!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Maddee_6333]

I’ve been so close for so long it’s great to be blue i never thought i would

[Maddee_6333 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

I’m inching my way back towards it. Yesterday’s hot run home got me up to the middle of the green. I long to back in the blue.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Maddee_6333]

You will be, 19 months having a garmin and first time in blue

[Jools2020 Graduate10]

Well done, Sola! 👏👏👏👍 glad you are feeling better 😊

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Jools2020]

Thanks Jules it wasn’t very nice and my leave too

[GailXrunning]

I’ve just been studying Garmin watches, so I know exactly what you are talking about! Only mauve is better than blue, right?!

[nowster Graduate10 in reply to GailXrunning]

Yep, that is labelled "Superior". I had a brief period in the middle of July when I got into that zone, probably due to the short, hot runs I was doing in the heatwave. I've dropped back into the Blue zone this month.

Fitness age doesn't go lower than 20, though.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to nowster]

Blue is brilliant, was green for so long and last year for a while orange

[nowster Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

After my ankle sprain last year, I dipped into the orange. For a time my fitness age was older than my actual age.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to nowster]

I got up to 79 shock horror and poor Willow is stuck at 73 and dipped into the red, but i’m sure if we run more he will come back down again, my grandson is 20 but then in real life he’s 16 he doesn’t run much but cycles a lot with his dad

[Birdlady64 Graduate10]

Glad you are feeling better.

Ooh! Blue vo2max! Mines nowhere near and Mr Garmin keeps punishing me lately for some reason. He can be so mean...

Hope you enjoyed the beach

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Birdlady64]

Mr Garmin is bonkers 😜 but it’s nice to see and goes well with poor Willows red! anyway thanks it’s good to be better, the beach was blowy and a bit cloudy but lovely to be there, tomorrow cat at vets being neutered so if weather nice it’ll be local beach as it’s only a few minutes away but today’s one very special

beach

[Beatlesforever Graduate10]

Congratulations!! 👏👏👏 The best I've ever been is green, I'm usually hovering between green and orange 🙄 Glad you're feeling better and able to run and enjoy time with your grandson 😃A very good run for you both and with some extra goodies to take home for a crumble 😋 we've been picking blackberries every day, enough to make compote to go with yogurt or add a few to a crumble. I love this time of year, so much free food around, and more to come later in the autumn 🍎🍐🫐😃

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Beatlesforever]

Isn’t it a wonderful time of year for free food, these apples are eaters, found the tree when we first started c25k so rather special although there are others on the downs I was orange for a long time then green for months, got very excited to be blue

[Cmoi Graduate10]

I'm delighted you're blue SueAppleRun , long may it continue!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Cmoi]

Thank you Cmoi, I’m delighted too 😀

[HeavyFoot Graduate10]

Congratulations ! Hats off to beating the VO2Max wicked witch. I have concluded it does not give credit to long hard uphill slogs, but in Pace alone and seems to like us getting into the red heart rate zone.

Enjoy your extended youth. 🕺

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to HeavyFoot]

You are right there, 20 minute run with a sprint finish and garmin loves me, when i was increasing distance and ran my first 8k I was fitness age 79

[CBDB Graduate10]

Good to have you feeling well again! And nice castle!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to CBDB]

Thanks CBDB it’s great to be better, the castle was lovely, the beach even nicer though but entails quite a drive and fair bit of walking to get to and busy today

beach

[Doris8 Graduate10]

Great run especially after your sickness. Love the picture of the castle. . I’m just off the edge of the blue 33 and on the green. Is it you have to go faster run to get your vo2 max a higher number , probably cos I’m walking all the time . Enjoy the rest of your days off, 😊

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Doris8]

I think if you are walking it will be about your walking pace not your running pace

[BOBOZ Graduate10]

I have been in the blue for quite a long time now but my fitness age jumps around quite a bit.Currently in lockdown and as I'm not working I am running more. Did my fastest 5k my fastest 10k and my longest run over the past 10 days. Garmin added 4 years to my fitness age in V02.

Hahaha.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to BOBOZ]

typical garmin , Blue is awesome, and all those fastests

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Yes it is

[tmbtrain Graduate10]

Lovely photos and nice for you to be in the blue!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to tmbtrain]

Thank you, yes the blue is a real bonus

[LottieMW Ambassador]

Isn’t that always the way…to get a bug when you’re starting annual leave 🙄

Glad you’re feeling better…and managed a run…and in the blue! 🙌🏼

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to LottieMW]

Exactly right Lottie, me to on the feeling better and v02max? it’s just a bit of fun

[LottieMW Ambassador in reply to SueAppleRun]

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