A Pre Jab Gentle 5K Jog 😁🏃‍♂️

[Instructor57]

As I dont start work until this afternoon I had already decided yesterday that this morning I would go for a run .

I then also managed to book my booster jab for lunch time today , so another reason to get my run done as I was exhausted after my 2nd jab 6 months ago!

I decided to go out at 08:30 after the school rush !

It was surprisingly mild at around 12 degrees so shorts and a long sleeved running top were just right !

I have been trying to pick my run frequency up again as they have been slipping recently due to a number of reasons such as work and also a few little niggles.

I have also started to do some yoga as those of you following the Quest post will know.

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I think the niggles have been through infrequent runs and no other excercise in-between , something I have decided to put right as I want to start picking up my distance again.

Any way, I decided to do the NRC Just another run run ! As it would take me to around the 5K .

I set off at what felt like an easy pace without watching my watch .

It felt sluggish at first and the toxic 10 was evident, after which it started to flow.

There was quite a stiff breeze on the 2nd k which is slightly downhill but it was now starting to feel comfortable.

Around the corner up the hill towards the church and I think I managed to maintain pace and more importantly, no niggles!

I was starting to feel good about this run!

3k in and all is well .

The rest of this 5k route is undulating which takes me past my house around 4k.

It's often tempting to turn left and finish but I also think we'll, just do 1 more k and you've done 5 so thats what I did 😁

So, happy to have got out there again , back home , stretches done and porridge eaten !

A quick shower next then off for my jab at lunch time.

Happy running 😁

[Jools2020 Graduate10]

Ooh, well done, Ian! Good to get out there. We both need to increase our run frequency! Always good to do a 5K, though.

But certainly rest after your booster. This time, I didn’t suffer as much with the side effects. Perhaps a little more tired than usual, plus slight congestion, which may or may not be related! (Grandson was sneezing when I saw him last week).

👏👏👏👍💉🤞😊

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Jools2020]

Thanks Jools !It was nice out there this morning and as always, it feels better for having done it .

Yes, I will take it easy after the jab , the last one knocked me out for about 5 or 6 days

Not feeling ill, just had no energy !

Oh, hope your grandson is ok !

[Ian5K Graduate10]

Your mapped route is reminiscent of the painting, “Whistler’s Mother”. I see there’s a cult of runners who try to draw pictures on maps this way. Maybe they were deprived of an Etch-a-Sketch toy as a kid. 😁

Nice work! Hope the jab goes well. I have to book a flu one any day; the booster not until the year’s end.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Ian5K]

Haha “Whistler’s Mother” always reminds me of Mr Bean 🤣My route has often been referred to on here as the 'Bunny Run' 😁

It's just a nice convenient Local route .

Although I could do with varying it a bit !

And oh yes ! I had an etch -a-Sketch 🤣

[Birdlady64 Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

Oooh Etch-a-Sketch!That was the year I stopped believing in Father Christmas as Mum accidentally left out the partially wrapped box on view Christmas Eve.

Impossible to draw anything remotely recogniseable with it though - at least it was for me 😁

[Hidden in reply to Birdlady64]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Birdlady64]

Was for me also ! 🤣

[Peter44 Graduate10]

Sounds a good comfortable run, hope those niggles behave themselves, your time is my average for 5k, when strava is right! 😃

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Peter44]

Thanks Peter , so far so good !I'm hoping by stepping up the frequency and starting the yoga will help eliminate the niggles 😁🤞

[Hidden]

Great to get round without the niggles surfacing and nice to get a 5k in. Good luck with your booster. I hope it goes well.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks 😁Off to be jabbed now !

[Birdlady64 Graduate10]

Briliant Ian! Well done, Good luck with the booster - hope there's no nasty side effects

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

Good run for you today Ian BEFORE you got your 3rd booster jab, after my booster, the only after effects I got was a sore arm for about 4 hours, otherwise OK,

[nowster Graduate10]

My booster is not until December 11th (after parkrun). That'll be because my second dose was on June 10th.

As my first set was Oxford/AZ, it's very likely I'll get a reaction from the booster if it's Pfizer.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to nowster]

All 3 of mine have been Pfizer.I was fine after the first but just exhausted for 5 or 6 days after the second , so will see what the next few days are like 🙄😐🙏

[Roxdog Graduate10]

Sounds like a nice relaxed run. It is quite warm, my second layer came off after 2 minutes this morning!Good luck with the jab. If you're having Pfizer this time, I understand the side effects are minimal. I had horrible side effects from my 2 astra zeneca jabs, but the boosters are all Pfizer I understand.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Roxdog]

Thanks and yes it was mild this morning !And had the jab now , all 3 of mine have been Pfizer and after the 2nd I was exhausted !

I didn't feel ill, just tired for several days .

So, will be interesting to see how I feel tomorrow 🤔🤞

[Roxdog Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

Good luck!

[Roxdog Graduate10]

Oh, and good on you for taking up yoga!

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Roxdog]

Haha , thought it may help reduce the niggles 😁🤞

[GailXrunning]

Nice one. Go, you! 🙌

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to GailXrunning]

Thanks !Just finished todays yoga also 😁

[GailXrunning in reply to Instructor57]

Yeah!! Bravo! (Did Misty join in?)

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to GailXrunning]

She just watched from the arm of the chair today 😁🐱

[GailXrunning in reply to Instructor57]

… plotting 😉

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

What a very good idea, I’ve not run since my booster last wednesday but hoping to get back to it on Saturday, mind you i’m full of cold too so i’m not blaming the booster. The run looks great

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thanks , just done my yoga also ! 😁I'll no doubt see tomorrow how I am .

Hope your cold is soon better !

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Instructor57]

Thank you, I’ve had a few days holiday from work a d would have been off sick if i hadn’t already been off but back tomorrow Tiredness was worse after first jab though so you may be fine

[Doris8 Graduate10]

Good run for you today Instructor. Good luck in your booster vaccine.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Doris8]

Thanks 👍Had the booster now so will see what the next few days are like 🤔

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Great run Ian 😁, very wise to do it before the vaccination too. It is a bit warmer isn’t it - I like the sound of the gusts of wind hopefully blowing in the right direction! Hope you feel ok tomorrow 🤞.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Frenc]

Thanks Kate 😁👍Unfortunately I was running into the wind but at least that section is a slight decline 😁

And yes, fingers crossed for tomorrow 🤞

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate10]

Well done, sounds like a great run. Kudos for adding that extra k and running past your house. Not easy!🏃‍♂️👌 hope the yoga stretches felt good 🙏xxx

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

Thank you ! And I'm getting a little more used to the yoga now 😁

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Instructor57]

I did a bit of lockdown yoga - my gym has all these online classes. I don’t know why I stopped really, as I could feel it starting to help! I may well give it another go, you’ve planted the seed again Ian 😁⭐️.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Frenc]

Haha, good !I think I'm going to enjoy it and I'm sure I will benefit . 👍

[Hidden]

Fingers crossed that you won't have any jab-related-issues! I had my thid one mid September. My first 2 were Moderna and my thid was Pfizer. And the third I felt the least side effects from!