Negative Thoughts Vs Negative Splits 🤔

[Instructor57]

I went to bed last night with the intention of running 5k this morning!

I was fully hydrated and tech all charged up and kit ready !

I woke at around 05:40 and decided I would go and make a cup of tea !

Had a glass of water while the kettle was boiling and fed Misty the cat ! (Yesterday she decided on a takeaway for breakfast) 🤣

It was of course still dark so I took my tea back to bed ! ...... Big mistake !

The Gremlins loved this opportunity to fill my head with negative thoughts !

It's still dark , why don't you go back to sleep ! ..... It's Saturday , you can rest today and run tomorrow !

You need 2 days rest after your work !

I battled these negative thoughts untill around 06:30 when I said to myself no !

You are all set up to run , go and do a negative split 5K !

So that is whaf I did .

Out of the door around 06:55

It was quite warm so had on just a light running vest and light shorts and set off on my warm up walk .

I even had a shower on my warm up walk !!!

A neighbor has a sprinkler in the front garden on a timer and it overshoots the hedge so I did my warm up walk through this cooling shower 😁

Got to the end of the road, turned around, watch started and off we go back towards the sprinkler 😁

A nice steady pace for my first K as I wanted to make sure I could increase as the run progressed.

It's a fairly flat first section and it came out at 8:01

On to the 2nd k and a slight downhill , letting the pace increase slightly but not letting it run away on the slope .

This 2nd k came out at 7:49

So far so good !

I'm settled into the run now and feeling good , no more negative thoughts !

Around the corner and onto the hill up to the church , this for me is often a tricky section to maintain pace but I was feeling ok and this section came out at 7:39.

The next kilometer is down, flat and then up hill , again tricky to maintain pace .

My watch buzzes to tell me 4K done and my split was 7:28 ... So far so good !

The last K was also undulating but I usually manage to pick my pace up quite easily here , possibly because I know it the home stretch !

Watch buzzes at 5K and the split was 7:07

So success! Negative thoughts banished, and negative splits achieved 😁

Back home , stretches done , and more tea drank 😁

Breakfast and a shower to follow !

Happy running ! 😁

[Beatlesforever Graduate10]

Woohoo 🎉🥳👏👏👏 very well done on that neg splits 5k and on defeating your gremlins! You're officially a gremlin slayer 💪 what a great feeling, best start to the day 😊

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Beatlesforever]

Thank you 😁Definitely worth getting up for 👍

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10]

Go you.. I love negative splits...like flying feet photographs...often elusive, but so pleasing !Well done!

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Many thanks 😁👍Yes, always satisfying to achieve 😁

[Jools2020 Graduate10]

Ooh well done, Ian! What a fab run. Maybe I don’t want to know what Misty’s takeaway was, but I enjoyed your write up! What a positive way to start your day with negative splits 👏👏👏👍💪😉

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Jools2020]

Thanks Jools 😁👍Yes misty had left half her takeaway on the kitchen floor next to her bowls , I guess she wanted to save it for later but I decided to bin it 😁

Yes the run was good , worth getting up for 😁

[roseabi]

Awesome!

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to roseabi]

Many thanks 😁👍

[Comfortnotspeed Graduate10]

Nice going! Perhaps it wasn’t gremlins, perhaps it was some nice extra prep time! I only get negative splits by accident so am envious! Well done 👏

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Comfortnotspeed]

Thank you Yes, extra prep time , I like that 😁

, I occasionally get negative splits by accident but for 5k or longer I really have to concentrate 😁

[Irishprincess Graduate10]

I love the thought of your shower half way through the run 🚿😂 How fab would that be on a hot day?

Well done on the splits 👍

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Irishprincess]

Haha , yes could have done with the sprinkler a week or 2 ago 😁

[Irishprincess Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

I did once get caught in the middle of a sprinkler when I was on holiday and I didn’t see it until I felt it. Bit of a shock that was 😲

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Irishprincess]

To be honest , this was a bit of a surprise ! I saw the wet pavement and assumed there was a water leak 🤣

[Irishprincess Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

😂😂

[Birdlady64 Graduate10]

Nicely done Ian. We'll done on kicking those gremlins into touch!💪I hope Misty's takeaway didn't have feathers!

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Birdlady64]

Thank you Diane , and no , her takeaway had a long tail 😐

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Birdlady64]

This one had feathers but she was scared of it 🤣

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[Birdlady64 Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

Oh wow that's close!We had a pheasant in our garden once which is really unusual for us

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Birdlady64]

Yes it stayed around for a while and had lunch with my chickens 😁

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[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Birdlady64]

It was ringed

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[Birdlady64 Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

Of neck and of leg!Saw a male without the white neck ring once - I think it was in Georgia where they are native

[Run46 Graduate10]

Well done...those are brilliant negative splits 👏As you've done 5k today I wonder if you can upload it to the Vitality Running World Cup as they're doing a Guinness Book World Record attempt today for the most virtual 5ks in a day. 👍

Also...love your comment about Misty, my Bailey occasionally does the same, never considered it a take-away 😆

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Run46]

Hmm.... Maybe it would count but the website says over 5k .And yes Misty is partial to a couple of takeaways in a week 😐

[Run46 Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

I think it would, my email says to go a little over 5k just coz if it registers as less ie you think you did 5 and it says 4.99 then it won't be counted so as yours is 5.01 it should be perfect.David just replied to me that he did his at Parkrun, and that if your tracker won't link up you can manually send the details 🙂

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Run46]

Just submitted it thanks 👍😁

[nowster Graduate10]

Well done! And those elusive negative splits too.

I also know the "why don't you go back to bed it's too early" gremlin. Maybe there are two of them.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to nowster]

Thanks 👍

And I think there is a herd of them (or whatever the collective term is for Gremlins ) 😁

[Instructor57 Graduate10]

addition to post : As it was 5k I have just entered the run for the vitality running world cup 😁👍

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Well done Ian! The amount of times I’ve thought the same thing, especially oh I can always do it tomorrow. Bad gremlins. I like the sound of the sprinkler - it was fairly muggy today, well, where I am anyway. Another great run with great splits! 😁

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Frenc]

Thanks Kate ! Yes, the Gremlins were tempting me

The sprinkler was nice 😬

Shame it had finished as I ran along the same road at the end of my run 😁

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Instructor57]

That’s rather mean of them 🤣.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Frenc]

Haha yes, I need to have a word with them 😁

[Sisteract5]

A brilliant read - thank you for sharing . So good to know even you have the ‘gremlins day’ to overcome! Makes it all seem doable 😊

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Sisteract5]

Thank you 😁👍The Gremlins are relentless

[Rayblade900 Graduate10]

Good morning Instructor57. Well done you. I know EXACTLY what you talk about with negative gremlins! Misty the cat with a takeaway "a garden bird by any chance"? 🤔🤭A piece of advice... make sure you take your shower gel with you on the run! 🤣

I'll post my run and gremlins shortly.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Rayblade900]

Yes, the Gremlins are always looking for an opportunity to spoil a run !They are relentless !

No, it was not a bird (This time) , more like a Shrew 😐 (There were a few clues left 😐)

I'll remember to put shower gel in my running belt 😁👍

[Fionamags Graduate10]

Brilliant run - whacked those gremlins and got those negative splits!!!

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Fionamags]

Thank you 😁👍They certainly make it difficult sometimes

[Hidden]

Well done on banishing the negative thoughts and beating them gremlins!

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks ! They are relentless sometimes 😐

[RunBrianRun Graduate10]

A an excellent progression run. Well done 👍

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to RunBrianRun]

Many thanks 😁👍