10K, oh sorry 11K

Hiya,

A beautiful morning, 10°C with a little bit of sun, perfect weather for running. Long (thin) running thight with a long sleeved (thin) shirt and my hydration vest on and out the door I went. Oh I also did put on my running shoes and did some dynamic stretches.

The plan was to do a calm 10K and to try out a combination of my 2 existing routes for the first time.

Onto the road through the indutry area, past a flower picking field, past the big cemetary and back in the direction of my home. Past my home and through the local park into a little path between field and tiny forests, onto the busy traffic road and back in-out-in the park.

The route was a perfect 10K, great to know so I don't have to do my routes twice in future. But I decided to do a little extra loop to reach 11K.

This because I have the unwise idea to do another 13K or maybe even 14K next weekend and go for my first ten miler the weekend after.

I decided I would stop increasing at ten miles and skip back to 10K's for the future with the option of doing another ten miler once in a blue moon. Don't think it would be wise to go for a HM. Don't think my body would be able to handle it and I just don't have it in me to work with plans and preparations and such.

10K every weekend sounds good enough for lil ol' me 😜

Pic of some Nile Geese rummaging around in the park.

Cheers, Evy

[Instructor57 Graduate10]

Well done on that 11k Evy

I'm glad you found a combination route,

I have that problem also if I run from home ! And don't particularly want to go around the same route 2 or 3 times 😐

[Hidden in reply to Instructor57]

Me and my typo's 😔...

Yeah last time I did a 10K at home, I used my 5K route and did it twice with the second time in the other direction. Don't reach a full 10K then, so have to chip in some more triple lanes. But this is better, this route reaches 10K on the meter 😁

[Doris8 Graduate10]

Well done on your 11 km , lovely pic of geese, too dark when I was out to get pics and dull and drizzly when daylight in. Yes 10 km seems good especially with your health , 😊👍

[Hidden in reply to Doris8]

Thanks 😁

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

What a lovely run and the geese look great, 11k such a long way, when i’ve run 10k it never occurred to me to run another 1k but you are doing so well

[Hidden in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thanks ☺. Once I have reached 10 miles, I will keep it to 10K without an extra kilometer. But now it is more or less a bit of preparation for the 10 miles.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Hidden]

It’s great to see your progression

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Ah fabulous Evy! That’s a great run and I’m glad you remembered to put your running shoes on. Your plan/not a plan sounds just right to get to 10 miles. I misread your post and thought they were Nike Geese - I must have sportswear on the brain. And what a lovely photo it is. 😊😊😊

[Hidden in reply to Frenc]

Nike geese 😂 now how would they look! We also have Canadian geese in the park, but today only the Nile ones were out playing.

[CBDB Graduate10]

Beautiful, both run and pics! And love geese, I’d like one in our garden, but so far only chicken mingle on our lawn.

[Hidden in reply to CBDB]

These were rather shy though. The Canadian ones are shy too, but less so. These ran the moment I took 1 step closer to take a picture...

[Mormor1 Graduate10]

I think I've decided much the same...I did a 10mile in June and have been working back up towards it again, but that's going to be my limit...no half marathon for me.

[Hidden in reply to Mormor1]

I'd love to do a HM or even a full marathon. But I don't think I am made for it. So much preparation and training. And I run for fun, really training would feel like a chore and take my joy out of it. Plus I am sure my body would not be happy either. 10K /90 mins is a nice distance too...

[Mormor1 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Yep,totally agree...I definitely started too late and fear getting injuries that end my running enjoyment.