HUHM and 10k

[SueAppleRun]

We did the 10k version this morning and jeffed a lot of it.

There we were at 9.30am on a grey saturday morning, met Jo at the car park and we were off!

Willow stayed home today

To start we walked along the river 1k to the footbridge, passed the coffee van and ran across the bridge dodging walkers, runners, cyclists and dogs, turned left and joggled on, it’s busy at weekends this track but flat and fairly flat, 2k run as rungo’s marathoners reached 6k. One ear bud in and the Hu playlist lots of good music.

Legs a little achy from yesterdays run but not bad, Jo’s pace a little fast for me and beginning to notice that, walked a minute then sprinted (went a bit faster) to catch her up, this was the pattern of the rest of the run for me, we talked while together and when i could no longer hear her I sped up until I could.

The path was busy in places and by the time we turned at 5k realised it had been meandering upwards slightly, sweet relief it was now slightly downwards most the way back, the splits were mostly ten something and I was struggling a bit to catch Jo up but it was so lovely to be doing this. I love an out and back because once i get to 5k i know I’ll get to 10k even if i have to crawl the last bit because that’s where my car is 😂

The sky is grey the trees are all shades of brown orange and gold, it’s so good, heart rate steady breathing steady, lots of nose blowing, I’ll be glad when this cold has gone.

back towards the bridge, under the flyover and passed the wooden heron, i didn’t notice either on the way out and yay 😀 we are at 9k and running very slowly back across the bridge 😁

back into muddy rutty narrow track and walking most of the last kilometre back to the cars for lukewarm tea and wedges of melon, very welcome too!

So lessons learned, park the other side of the river and miss the muddy track next time and let Jo go ahead while I find my happy pace, but we both enjoyed ourselves so much.

Off to see the horses and give them cuddles and hay. Now home and after stretches into a very hot bath

Hope everyone else running today enjoyed their run as much as we did!

Thank you Linda and Roseabi for organising this and putting the playlist together

[GTFC Graduate10]

This is just epic!! Huge congratulations on such an adventure 👏 I loved reading this so much. You'll dance again with 10k after this no doubt 💜🏅

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to GTFC]

oh yes 😀we have a plan, hill sprints on tuesday and 5k later in the week

[GailXrunning]

Congratulations! Love that you both so thoroughly enjoyed yourselves today - mud and all.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to GailXrunning]

Thanks Gail, we really did

[Cmoi Graduate10]

Well done SueAppleRun , lovely run and write-up!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Cmoi]

Thank you thank you, and there we were planning the next one 😂

[Doris8 Graduate10]

Great run for both of you today . Well done . Love your scenic run. Mines would be a bit more scenic if I went out in daylight . Love your bit a the end too giving horses a cuddle and feeding them . 👏⭐️

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Doris8]

It was a lovely morning thanks

[Frizzbomb67 Graduate10]

Well done both of you! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I love a down hill bit too 🥵HU 10k complete. Well done! 🏅🏅

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Frizzbomb67]

Thanks, it wasn’t much of a hill but better down than up

[grumpyoldgirl]

Well done to you both, great run report, so entertaining to read, and that 10k must have felt so good after the last few weeks. I particularly love the logic of the out and back run, so true 😂

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

It did feel good but this colds hanging on, I arrived back at the car with a huge wad of wet tissue luckily new box in car, what feels really good is having our plan going forward

[grumpyoldgirl in reply to SueAppleRun]

Oh you poor thing, they cling on sometimes!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

This one has but i don’t feel too unwell with it which is why i’ve run so much this weekend

[Annieapple Administrator]

Good to hear! 👏⭐️

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Annieapple]

Thanks it was great

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

Congratulations to you Sola and your friend Jo on completing the Healthunlocked 10K this morning, I am sure both of you enjoyed the run with a little walking as well, I intend to run the HU 10K next Wednesday.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to AlMorr]

You will enjoy it Al and be about twice as quick as us 😃 we really want to run more regularly so we don’t take so long

[roseabi]

Fabulous work!! XXX

linda9389

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to roseabi]

Thank you both and for doing the organising especially the rungo bit that was fun

[linda9389 Graduate10]

Ahh well done! Especially after running yesterday too. Mud is no fun for running - but at least you didn't end up in the river (unless you haven't told us the whole story?). Great 10k!!!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to linda9389]

Next time we will miss that muddy track out, we couldn’t even walk a good pace along it, thank you and for organising this it felt great to be part of but…. I had to laugh when rungo said we were at 6k and we were barely at 2

Oh and no we didn’t end up in the river

[Jools2020 Graduate10]

What a great report and fantastic achievement! You must be buzzing. A huge ‘well done’ to you both.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Jools2020]

Thanks Jools,I was buzzing for a while, then had a bath, put meat in for dinner, went to shops to look at curtains and oh is it bedtime yet? 😂

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Haha! Bedtime can be whenever you want!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Jools2020]

Got to cook and eat dinner first, but i’m still off 2 more days

[nowster Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

What a whirlwind! I must admit I nodded off a little when I flopped after my HM.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to nowster]

Nodding off sounds good but trying to stay awake so i sleep well tonight, tomorrow i will rest from running but after a month of not seeing Jo and being ill i’m all excited about running again

[Roxdog Graduate10]

Sounds fabulous!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Roxdog]

It’s great to run with a friend, Willow is happy with anything up to half hour then he’s had enough so all my longer runs so far have been just me, and her little dog! her legs are only about 4 inches long and she trotted all the way round plus some to say hello to other dogs

[Roxdog Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

How sweet!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Roxdog]

She’s a lovely little dog but yaps at every other dog to start with then she settles in behind Jo and trots along

[Instructor57 Graduate10]

Well done on completing your HU 10K 😁👍Sounds like a lovely run !

Made me smile that when you can no longer hear your friend jo talking you speed up till you can .

Is that what's meant by a conversational pace 🤣

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Instructor57]

The whole thing was conversational pace 😂 heart rate and breathing were fine but my legs were feeling it a bit, coming back from being ill probably wasn’t sensible but it sure was fun

[Roxdog Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Have a proper rest and look after yourself!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Roxdog]

2more days off so lazy day tomorrow 👍

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate]

I really enjoyed reading this, well done! I love how you sped up when you couldn’t hear Jo 😊. A great run 😃👏🏼😁.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Frenc]

Well it’s just rude to not answer when halfway through a sentence and can’t hear isn’t it? Oh that’s just reminded me, when i was little we used to go for a walk after lunch on Sundays and when my grandmother was there she called me Susan slowcoach so i must always have been lagging behind 😂

[Cowladyrunning Graduate10]

Great 10k for you and your friend. I am glad you enjoyed the run so much. I did too, the sound track, Autumn colours and knowing lots of others were doing the same today

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Cowladyrunning]

Yes, it felt a bit special didn’t it?

[Cowladyrunning Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Definitely! 😀

[dijep Graduate10]

Congratulations 👍It sounds like you had a great run how nice to be able to run with someone else and chat as you go.

And horses to cuddle at the end, pity about the mud though

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to dijep]

Ah horses, another day i may ride again but haven’t for many years

[dijep Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

You have to get back to it sometime.It's one of the things I'd always wished I'd learnt to do

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to dijep]

Gives you jolly good core muscles and strong legs so good for running,

[sparky66 Graduate10]

Awe willowandsola 👏👏✨What a fantastic report..made me laugh when you say park the car on the other side.. even if you have to crawl to it.. such determination!

Glad you both enjoyed it.. hard as it is..it's an amazing achievement 🏃🏃‍♀️🏅🏅💥

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to sparky66]

Thanks, yes well, I’m not stumbling along that narrow muddy track again but it was amazing and not going alone was great, the only 2 times i ran that far it was round the streets on my own and unplanned, it was good when we got to the stables we discussed how it went, what we would change next time and how big is an 8 acre field? I have a feeling I will find out soon because i can see us running round it

[Hidden]

Brilliant, loved it bravo both 👍👍

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Hidden]

Thank you very much

[Fionamags Graduate10]

Well done Sola - another great run in the legs. I wish I could join you but I need another couple of weeks to get to 10k - tempting though it is....

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Fionamags]

Legs? what legs? mine got really fed up with me and ran off 😂 they are scared i will go out again tomorrow.

[Fionamags Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Hahaha you've really got the bug very badly (goodly???).

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Fionamags]

I’ve always loved running but 15k in 2 days probably wasn’t sensible coming back from a heavy cold that won’t quite go! tomorrow is definitely rest day, no good going back to work after my break exhausted

[CBDB Graduate10]

Nice! Wowsa! Also ran to RunGo and the HUHM/10k playlist this morning, but only a 5k. Brilliant! Wasn’t it fun!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to CBDB]

Yes it really was fun and I jeffed a lot otherwise wouldn’t have done it after setting off too fast

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Awesome Sola! It sounds like you had Jo had a blast. Really well done! 👏👏👏👏

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Thanks cheeky chipmunks we really enjoyed it and after spent time planning our next week of runs

[Hidden]

Sounds like you enjoyed yourselves! Will more 10K's be happening in the future? Of course depending on the work? By the way, how is lil Parker doing?

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Hidden]

Parker is a nightmare, he’s a thief, so far we have a teddy bear, lots of bits of silicone and this morning he brought a paintbrush home, goodness knows where he’s getting all this stuff from. The run was great and after wards we planned out the next week and discussed how long before we attempt another 10k

[Hidden in reply to SueAppleRun]

I once read this article about a cat-thief. His owners once put all the stolen items on a rope outside with a message that everybody could try and find their items. Funny though, until he steals something of value of course, haha.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Hidden]

I’m guessing there’s a bucket of painters things been left somewhere, we had a painty rag as well 😂 he is lovely though and makes us laugh a lot

[Hidden in reply to SueAppleRun]

Maybe he's suggesting you take up painting as a hobby or maybe he would like another color on the walls? 😜

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Hidden]

We’ve just painted the sitting room, it’s not our paint brush though, he is a funny cat

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[GoGo_JoJo Graduate10]

Lovely run! Well done 👍🏻😁

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to GoGo_JoJo]

Thank you

[Mormor1 Graduate10]

Well done both of you....conversation whilst you run??? Unimaginable!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Mormor1]

We are very slow, we’ll i am hence the speeding up so we can chat

[hamit Graduate10]

A happy pace is a wonderful thing